Retrieving current local time on iPhone?

Question

I\'m looking to get the current hour and minute on a user\'s iPhone for display in an app that doesn\'t show the status bar. Is there a simple way to do this?

Answer 1

-(void)currentTime
{    
    //Get current time
    NSDate* now = [NSDate date];
    NSCalendar *gregorian = [[NSCalendar alloc] initWithCalendarIdentifier:NSCalendarIdentifierGregorian];
    NSDateComponents *dateComponents = [gregorian components:(NSCalendarUnitHour  | NSCalendarUnitMinute | NSCalendarUnitSecond) fromDate:now];
    NSInteger hour = [dateComponents hour];
    NSString *am_OR_pm=@"AM";

    if (hour>12)
    {
        hour=hour%12;

        am_OR_pm = @"PM";
    }

    NSInteger minute = [dateComponents minute];
    NSInteger second = [dateComponents second];
    [gregorian release];

    NSLog(@"Current Time  %@",[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%02ld:%02ld:%02ld %@", (long)hour, (long)minute, (long)second,am_OR_pm]);
}