Unable to retrieve updatedAt or createdAt values from Parse objects

Question

I\'m an experienced Android developer trying to get a prototype iOS app running using the Parse service and sdk (https://www.parse.com/).

It\'s great, and i can get all

Answer 1

Silly Matt. I think about this for a day then realise my mistake minutes after i post it.

updatedAt is a property on all PFObjects, no need to retrieve it using a key.

Given a PFObject named object...

 NSDate *updated = [object updatedAt];
 NSDateFormatter *dateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
 [dateFormat setDateFormat:@"EEE, MMM d, h:mm a"];
 cell.detailTextLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Lasted Updated: %@", [dateFormat stringFromDate:updated]];

@Parse , tip of the hat

Answer 2

For Swift:

let dateUpdated = object.updatedAt! as NSDate
let dateFormat = NSDateFormatter()
dateFormat.dateFormat = "EEE, MMM d, h:mm a"
cell.updatedAtLabel.text = NSString(format: "%@", dateFormat.stringFromDate(dateUpdated))

Answer 3

I just had the same problem, don't access it using objectForKey, just access it directly via the createdAt property.

in Swift

object.createdAt

As stated in the docs, the keys:

This do not include createdAt, updatedAt, authData, or objectId. It does include things like username and ACL.