Method: NSDate#string_with_format

Defined in:
lib/sugarcube-nsdate/nsdate.rb

#string_with_format(format) ⇒ Object

Pass in a format string or a Symbol. The Symbol must exist in NSDate::SugarCubeFormats.

See https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/DataFormatting/Articles/dfDateFormatting10_4.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40002369-SW1 and http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/tr35-19.html#Date_Field_Symbol_Table for more information about date format strings.



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# File 'lib/sugarcube-nsdate/nsdate.rb', line 54

def string_with_format(format)
  if format.is_a?(Symbol)
    formatters = SugarCubeFormats[format]
    raise "No format found for #{format.inspect}" unless formatters
    retval = ''
    formatters.each do |formatter|
      case formatter
      when Symbol
        retval << string_with_format(formatter.to_s)
      when String
        retval << formatter
      end
    end
    return retval
  else
    format_template = NSDateFormatter.dateFormatFromTemplate(format, options:0,
                                                      locale:NSLocale.currentLocale)
    date_formatter = NSDateFormatter.new
    date_formatter.setDateFormat(format_template)
    return date_formatter.stringFromDate(self)
  end
end