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Example exercising NSDateFormatter with default locale
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TestDate.py
#!/usr/bin/python
from Foundation import *
form = NSDateFormatter.alloc().init()
form.setFormatterBehavior_(1040)
form.setDateFormat_("yyyyMMdd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z")
form.setTimeZone_(NSTimeZone.timeZoneForSecondsFromGMT_(0))
print "Implied locale is " + NSLocale.currentLocale().localeIdentifier()
print form.stringFromDate_(NSDate.date())
# For one of my users, the equivalent of above seems to print
# as 12-hour time e.g.:
#
# 20160525T7:09:43 pmZ
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