Objective-C: Dateformatter

gistfile1.m

- (NSString *)format: (NSDate*) date usingFormat:(NSString *)dateFormat
{
    NSCalendar *cal = [[NSCalendar alloc] initWithCalendarIdentifier:NSGregorianCalendar];
    NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
    [formatter setDateFormat:dateFormat];
    [formatter setCalendar:cal];
    [formatter setLocale:[NSLocale currentLocale]];
    NSString *ret = [formatter stringFromDate:date];
    [formatter release];
    [cal release];
    return ret;
}

// USAGE:
// [self format: theDateToFormat usingFormat:@"H:mm"]