IOS time in 24 hours format

Question

I want to get the current time and analyze it in the format Stringin 24 hours, for example 13:30.

This is my code:

NSDate *date = [NSDate date];
NSDateFormatter *formatter = [NSDateFormatter new];
[formatter setDateFormat:@"HH:mm"];
NSString *timeString = [formatter stringFromDate:date];

It works on iOS simulator, but on mine iPadI get 3:30 PM.

I played with different formats, but still the same result.

Any idea why?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

The problem is that the local user user is set to 12 hour format. Set the local value en_US_POSIXto overload user preference.

dateFormatter.locale = [[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"en_US_POSIX"];

Answer 2

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