String description of NSDate

Question

I have the following code:

[ [NSDate date] descriptionWithLocale: @\"yyyy-MM-dd\" ]

I want it to return a date in the following format: \"2009-

Answer 1

Also note that for most cases, NSDateFormatter is to be preferred for its flexibility.

There's also a significant performance benefit to be had from re-use of date formatters in many apps.