NSDateFormatter Example in iPhone SDK

Hi,
Every one,
I'm going to share NSDateFormatter examples for iPhone/iPad Applications. Please check below code reference :

+(NSString *)returnDateString:(NSDate *)date
{
    NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];
    [formatter setFormatterBehavior:NSDateFormatterBehavior10_4];
    [formatter setDateFormat:@"dd/MM/yyyy"];
    NSLocale *usLocale = [NSLocale systemLocale];
    [formatter setLocale:usLocale];
    usLocale = nil;
    return [formatter stringFromDate:date];
}

+(NSString *)returnDateStringWithTime:(NSDate *)date
{
    NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];
    [formatter setFormatterBehavior:NSDateFormatterBehavior10_4];
    [formatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"];
    NSLocale *usLocale = [NSLocale systemLocale];
    [formatter setLocale:usLocale];
    usLocale = nil;
    return [formatter stringFromDate:date];
}

+(NSDate *)returnFormattedStringWithDate:(NSString *)dateString
{
    NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];
    [dateFormatter setFormatterBehavior:NSDateFormatterBehavior10_4];
    [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"];
       NSLocale *usLocale = [NSLocale systemLocale];
    [dateFormatter setLocale:usLocale];
    usLocale = nil;
    return [dateFormatter dateFromString:dateString];
}

Here is the list of the string formats that can be used with NSDateFormatter in iPhone/iPad Applications.

a: AM/PM
A: 0~86399999 (Millisecond of Day)

c/cc: 1~7 (Day of Week)
ccc: Sun/Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat
cccc: Sunday/Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/Friday/Saturday

d: 1~31 (0 padded Day of Month)
D: 1~366 (0 padded Day of Year)

e: 1~7 (0 padded Day of Week)
E~EEE: Sun/Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat
EEEE: Sunday/Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/Friday/Saturday

F: 1~5 (0 padded Week of Month, first day of week = Monday)

g: Julian Day Number (number of days since 4713 BC January 1)
G~GGG: BC/AD (Era Designator Abbreviated)
GGGG: Before Christ/Anno Domini

h: 1~12 (0 padded Hour (12hr))
H: 0~23 (0 padded Hour (24hr))

k: 1~24 (0 padded Hour (24hr)
K: 0~11 (0 padded Hour (12hr))

L/LL: 1~12 (0 padded Month)
LLL: Jan/Feb/Mar/Apr/May/Jun/Jul/Aug/Sep/Oct/Nov/Dec
LLLL: January/February/March/April/May/June/July/August/September/October/November/December

m: 0~59 (0 padded Minute)
M/MM: 1~12 (0 padded Month)
MMM: Jan/Feb/Mar/Apr/May/Jun/Jul/Aug/Sep/Oct/Nov/Dec
MMMM: January/February/March/April/May/June/July/August/September/October/November/December

q/qq: 1~4 (0 padded Quarter)
qqq: Q1/Q2/Q3/Q4
qqqq: 1st quarter/2nd quarter/3rd quarter/4th quarter
Q/QQ: 1~4 (0 padded Quarter)
QQQ: Q1/Q2/Q3/Q4
QQQQ: 1st quarter/2nd quarter/3rd quarter/4th quarter

s: 0~59 (0 padded Second)
S: (rounded Sub-Second)

u: (0 padded Year)

v~vvv: (General GMT Timezone Abbreviation)
vvvv: (General GMT Timezone Name)

w: 1~53 (0 padded Week of Year, 1st day of week = Sunday, NB: 1st week of year starts from the last Sunday of last year)
W: 1~5 (0 padded Week of Month, 1st day of week = Sunday)

y/yyyy: (Full Year)
yy/yyy: (2 Digits Year)
Y/YYYY: (Full Year, starting from the Sunday of the 1st week of year)
YY/YYY: (2 Digits Year, starting from the Sunday of the 1st week of year)

z~zzz: (Specific GMT Timezone Abbreviation)
zzzz: (Specific GMT Timezone Name)
Z: +0000 (RFC 822 Timezone)


Thanks & Regards,
Nilesh Prajapati