C# to Objective C by example #8

gistfile1.m

+(NSString*) todaysDate
{
	// This is an example of date formatting in objective-c/foundation.
	// The DateFormatter performs a role similar to DateTime.ToString, there is
	// also a fairly rich API in the NSDate class for doing date comparisons and creating new dates.
	NSDate *now = [NSDate date];
	NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
	[formatter setDateFormat:@"dd MM YYYY"];

	NSString *result = [formatter stringFromDate:now];
	[formatter release];

	return result;
}