Showing App's Build Date

Question

I am able to display the build date for my app in the simulator, but whenever I archive the app, and upload it to TestFlight, and then install it on a device, the build date doe

Answer 1

To get build date with format 'yyMMddHHmm' you could try this:

+ (NSString *)GetBuildDate {
    NSString *buildDate;

    // Get build date and time, format to 'yyMMddHHmm'
    NSString *dateStr = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@ %@", [NSString stringWithUTF8String:__DATE__], [NSString stringWithUTF8String:__TIME__]];

    // Convert to date
    NSDateFormatter *dateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
    [dateFormat setDateFormat:@"LLL d yyyy HH:mm:ss"];
    NSDate *date = [dateFormat dateFromString:dateStr];

    // Set output format and convert to string
    [dateFormat setDateFormat:@"yyMMddHHmm"];
    buildDate = [dateFormat stringFromDate:date];

    [dateFormat release];

    return buildDate;
}