Check out ZTimestampFormatter (load ConfigurationOfZTimestamp). From the class comment: === I am ZTimestampFormat, an implementation of a textual representation for a timestamp, date or time that can be used for formatting or parsing. You instanciate me by specifying the textual format by example, based on a #reference timetamp. Each component of the example representation is numbered from largest to smallest unit: 1=year 2=month 3=dayInMonth 4=hour (16 in 24 hour format) 5=minute 6=second as in the ISO representation: 2001-02-03T16:05:06Z which is a Saterday. Example format strings can be found in my class accessing protocol or in the unit tests. To specifiy a format, you write the reference date so that it matches the representation that you want. (ZTimestampFormat fromString: 'SAT, FEB 03 2001 (16:05:06)') format: ZTimestamp now. I can be used for unabiguous, stricter parsing as well. (ZTimestampFormat fromString: '02/03/01 (16:05:06)') parse: '10/10/10 (12:01:01)'. The list of possible keys and their interpretation #formatSpecifications. I can translate month and weekday names to 4 different languages, English, French, German and Dutch. I can optionally use a timezone to convert UTC/GMT/Zulu timestamps to local time. === Sven On 02 Sep 2014, at 20:51, Esteban A. Maringolo <emaringolo@gmail.com> wrote:
Does exist an "user friendly" Date text converter and/or formatter package?
I'd like to specify the format of certain dates, in the way you normally do this, it is... with a string such as 'dd/mm/yyyy' or 'dd/mmm/yyyy'.
Date's #printOn:format: expects a different parameter, which seems really convoluted. [1]
And because I'll convert back and forth from/to String I'd like to know if there is a parser (other than DateParser).
Thank you!
Esteban A. Maringolo
[1] compared with popular casting/formatting functions found in other languages/dialects