On 14 May, 2014, at 10:08:39 pm HKT, Jens Alfke <j...@mooseyard.com> > > On May 14, 2014, at 6:41 AM, Jonathan Mitchell <jonat...@mugginsoft.com> > wrote: > >> Is there a way to obtain an NSDate object from a casually entered user >> string, say: 1 1 2015 or 25 jul 15? > > There’s no easy way. You can create a whole bunch of format strings for every > exact format you expect, and then try to parse the input using each one in > turn (tip: the order you test the formats in is important); or you can write > a custom parser (hopefully using a parser generator like ANTLR.) Or you could > search around to see if there are any open-source libraries that do this … I > just checked the About box of Fantastical (which has a really good date > parser) but didn’t see anything relevant. Good luck! > > —Jens
There is NSDate +dateWithNaturalLanguageString:, but milage may vary, as the docs say: “It may give unexpected results, and its use is strongly discouraged” https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/Classes/NSDate_Class/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/occ/clm/NSDate/dateWithNaturalLanguageString: Jim _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
