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iOS Build a Diary App Using Core Data Custom UITableViewCell Customizing Table View Cell Appearance

Posted by Alex Cevallos
Alex Cevallos
16,551 Points

What is the point of dateWithTimeIntervalSince1970 ?

NSDate *date = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSince1970:entry.date];

is used to state the date for the cell.. I was wondering why we used that method.. instead of just printing the date?

What is the exact point of the method, dateWithTimeIntervalSince1970;

1 Answer

Amit Bijlani
STAFF
Amit Bijlani
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Amit Bijlani
Amit Bijlani
Treehouse Guest Teacher

In THDiaryEntry the date property is defined as NSTimerInterval which is the date represented in seconds. In other words the number of seconds elapsed between the current day and 1/1/1970. To convert the number of seconds into an NSDate object you have to do: NSDate *date = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSince1970:entry.date];

Alex Cevallos
Alex Cevallos
16,551 Points

Thanks Amit!! So lucky to be learning from such a great set of instructors! Can't wait to complete the iOS track and then try out the mobile game design & iOS sprite kit tutorial!