I am trying to format time in 12 hours mode, but using a.m./p.m.
If I use the following code:
NSDateFormatter *formataTempo = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[formataTempo setDateFormat:@"hh:mm:ss a"];
I get something like this:
10:59:56 AM
But what I want is:
10:59:56 a.m.
What format string I should use?
Thanks in advance,
Elga.
Kudos to you for wanting to use the more correct abbreviation. As a card carrying pedant that's something that's always bugged me about iOS.
I don't know if it's possible with NSDateFormatter. Hopefully someone who knows more will chime in. Personally I would probably "post process" the string so that if the date formatter were to magically start doing the Right Thing later, the code would still work.
myStr = [myStr stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"AM" withString:@"a.m."]; // and the same for p.m.junkpile's answer is the best approach. You can insert a simple single quote text into the format and it will print out whatever you want - so you could add 'a.m.' but you need to determine whether to add 'a.m.' or 'p.m.'. junkpile's approach incorporates that need explicitly and simply.
P.S. I am appealing a parking ticket based on a sign that said '2 hour parking Mon 8 AM to Sun 12AM' that I got Sunday afternoon after being in the space for 3 hours. They say Sun 12AM == Sun MID and both occur late on Sunday night.