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NSTimeInterval to NSString formatted as NSDate

Hi,
I have two NSDates and want to display the time interval between these both dates as a string formatted in hours and minutes (H:mm). I was searching for it a long time, but didn't find a way to go through for this specific case.

iMac 2.0GHz Core Duo, Mac OS X (10.6.2), iPhone 3GS 3.1.3

Posted on Feb 26, 2010 4:29 AM

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Feb 26, 2010 6:44 AM in response to Tobe

Tobe wrote:
I already have the time interval as NSTimeInternal. The real problem is how format the time interval like a date into a string.


You can't. A timer interval is just a double. If you want to represent it as a formatted time string, you'll have to do it yourself. The following is standard procedure:

- (NSString *) formatInterval: (NSTimeInterval) interval
{
unsigned long seconds = interval;
unsigned long minutes = seconds / 60;
seconds %= 60;
unsigned long hours = minutes / 60;
minutes %= 60;
NSMutableString * result = [[NSMutableString new] autorelease];
if(hours)
[result appendFormat: @"%d:", hours];
[result appendFormat: @"%02:", minutes];
[result appendFormat: @"%02", seconds];
return result;
}


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NSTimeInterval to NSString formatted as NSDate

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