iOS Date Formatting

If you've obtained the date as a long, then create a NSDate object in this way:

        NSTimeInterval interval = (double)dateInLong;

        NSDate *theDate = [[NSDate alloc]initWithTimeIntervalSince1970: interval];

Then, create a date formatter:


        dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
        [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"MMM' 'dd','yyyy' 'h':'mm':'ss' 'a"];

        NSString *theDateStr = [dateFormatter stringFromDate: theDate];

Date format:

MMM: Short form of month spelt out (e.g. Jan, Feb, Mar)

dd: Day, with 0 in front if less than 10

yyyy: Year (4 digit)

h: Hour, without 0 in front if less than 10

mm: minute

ss: second

a: AM/PM