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

Shaun Kelly
Shaun Kelly
5,648 Points
Posted by Shaun Kelly
Shaun Kelly
5,648 Points

Stuck on this code challenge ?

dates.m 
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:@"EE MMM, dd"];

1 Answer

Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points
Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points

Hey Shaun,

The date formatter is already initialised above, so you don't need to do that line again, and the next step is asking for date in "MM/dd/yyyy" format, so try adding that into your formatter.

:D