Re: NSDate and Date formatters
Re: NSDate and Date formatters
- Subject: Re: NSDate and Date formatters
- From: Adrian Bool <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 13:07:21 +0100
Hi Daniel,
On 14 Jan 2004, at 12:36, Daniel Todd Currie wrote:
What time zone are you in (what time zone does your computer think
you're in)?
Suspiciously, both myself and my computer are on CET, +1 GMT....
I am in US PST, which is GMT -8. [NSDate
dateWithTimeIntervalSinceReferenceDate:0] returns 2000-12-31 16:00 for
me, which is exactly what it should be, since the reference date is
based on GMT. Remember we are working with dates, not time intervals.
Perhaps I simply don't have all the details, but what do you need this
counter for anyway? The system clock is a perfectly good timer... I
would think an easier way to do this would be to init an NSDate where
you init the counter, and then you can get your counter value with:
[[NSDate date] timeIntervalSinceDate:initDate]
All the program is a Minesweeper clone for me to learn Cocoa! I want
to pause the increment of 'seconds' when the window is hidden. Your
code suggestion above would not fit with that goal very well.
This would eschew all the confusion over reference dates and worries
about your user's time zone.
Just my 2 cents anyway...
Well, you were completely right! I changed my timezone to PST and can
see a new different value in my counter. MMm. will need to think what
to do next. Thanks for the help.
Regards,
aid
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