Hi,
Many thanks to both of you for your very helpful replies - much appreciated!
I've gone with Ken's solution, which works perfectly for what I need. For the
sake of the archives, I've attached the method I created based on Ken's code,
which just creates a hierarchical dictionary of objects with the hierarchy
Year->Month->Day, with a "Title" key for each object, so that it can be used
easily enough in the data source an NSOutlineView (which is how I'll be using
it).
Thanks again - and happy holidays.
All the best,
Keith
-- Ken's code modified for use with an NSOutlineView data source or suchlike --
- (NSMutableDictionary *)diarySpacesForYear:(int)year
{
NSString *yearStr = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%i", year];
NSDate *startDate = [NSDate dateWithNaturalLanguageString:[NSString
stringWithFormat:@"January 1 %i", year]];
NSDate *endDate = [NSDate dateWithNaturalLanguageString:[NSString
stringWithFormat:@"January 1 %i", year+1]];
NSMutableArray *newDiarySpaces = [NSMutableArray array];
NSMutableDictionary *currentMonth = [NSMutableDictionary
dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
NSLocalizedString(@"January",nil), @"Title",
[NSMutableArray array], @"Days",
yearStr, @"Year",
[NSNumber numberWithInt:NSMonthCalendarUnit], @"CalendarUnit",
nil];
int secondsPerDay = 60 * 60 * 24;
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setFormatterBehavior:NSDateFormatterBehavior10_4];
//[dateFormatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterFullStyle];
//[dateFormatter setTimeStyle:NSDateFormatterNoStyle];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"d - EEEE"];
// init list.
[newDiarySpaces addObject:currentMonth];
NSMutableDictionary *day = [NSMutableDictionary
dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
[dateFormatter
stringFromDate:startDate], @"Title",
[NSNumber
numberWithInt:NSDayCalendarUnit], @"CalendarUnit",
nil];
[[currentMonth objectForKey:@"Days"] addObject:day];
// Loop until interval >= 0.
while ([startDate timeIntervalSinceDate:endDate] < 0)
{
// Get the next day.
startDate = [startDate addTimeInterval:secondsPerDay];
// Check we are still in the year, so that we don't add 1st Jan
of the next year.
NSString *checkYear = [startDate
descriptionWithCalendarFormat:@"%Y"
timeZone:[NSTimeZone localTimeZone]
locale:[[NSUserDefaults
standardUserDefaults] dictionaryRepresentation]];
if ([checkYear isEqualToString:yearStr] == NO)
break; // We're into another year, so go no further.
// Get month from date.
NSString *checkMonth = [startDate
descriptionWithCalendarFormat:@"%B"
timeZone:[NSTimeZone localTimeZone]
locale:[[NSUserDefaults
standardUserDefaults] dictionaryRepresentation]];
// If month is different add it to the list of months.
if ([checkMonth isEqualToString:[currentMonth
objectForKey:@"Title"]] == NO)
{
currentMonth = [NSMutableDictionary
dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
checkMonth, @"Title",
[NSMutableArray array],
@"Days",
yearStr, @"Year",
[NSNumber
numberWithInt:NSMonthCalendarUnit], @"CalendarUnit",
nil];
[newDiarySpaces addObject:currentMonth];
}
// Add date to list of days in this month.
NSMutableDictionary *day = [NSMutableDictionary
dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
[dateFormatter stringFromDate:startDate], @"Title",
[NSNumber numberWithInt:NSDayCalendarUnit], @"CalendarUnit",
nil];
[[currentMonth objectForKey:@"Days"] addObject:day];
}
[dateFormatter release];
return [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
yearStr, @"Title",
newDiarySpaces, @"Months",
[NSNumber numberWithInt:NSYearCalendarUnit],
@"CalendarUnit",
nil];
}
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