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iOS Build a Blog Reader iPhone App Adapting Data for Display Formatting Dates with NSDateFormatter

NSDateFormatter Error Stage 5 Challenge 3 of 4

Hello guys,

The Question is Create a date format using the given 'dateFormatter' variable to display any date with the format of '02/29/2012'. Don't worry about using it for now, just set up the formatter.

I don't know why i got the error. And here is my code :

NSTimeInterval secondsPerDay = 60 * 60 * 24;
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
// Add your code below

NSDate *today = [NSDate date];

NSDate *futureDate = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:secondsPerDay * 10];

NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];

[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"MM/dd/yyyy"];

2 Answers

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

you already have a dateFormatter object created for you, you dont need to create another one. Your other code is correct, just remove the duplicate dateFormatter object

NSTimeInterval secondsPerDay = 60 * 60 * 24;
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
// Add your code below
NSDate *today = [NSDate date];
NSDate *futureDate = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:secondsPerDay * 10];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"MM/dd/yyyy"];

Thank You Stone Prestone.