NSDateFormatter no space to am/pm - ios

Question

I'm using the following date formatter:
+ (NSDateFormatter *)dateFormatter {
static NSDateFormatter *_dateFormatter = nil;
static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
NSString *format = [NSDateFormatter dateFormatFromTemplate:#"MMM d h:mm a" options:0 locale:[NSLocale currentLocale]];
_dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[_dateFormatter setDateFormat:format];
});
return _dateFormatter;
}
An output example could be:
Mar 25, 2:05 PM
I need to change 1 thing:
no space between the hour and the am/pm
like this:
Mar 25, 2:05PM

Answer 1

Try this solution, it worked for me. (simply remove the space between mm and a)
+ (NSDateFormatter *)dateFormatter {
static NSDateFormatter *_dateFormatter = nil;
static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
NSString *format = [NSDateFormatter dateFormatFromTemplate:#"MMM d h:mma" options:0 locale:[NSLocale currentLocale]];
_dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[_dateFormatter setDateFormat:format];
});
return _dateFormatter;
}

Answer 2

I was using DateFormatter.dateFormat(fromTemplate: "h:mma", options: 0, locale: Locale.current)!, but that consistently added a space before my am/pm marker. Setting the dateFormat property directly with a string worked.
let formatter = DateFormatter()
formatter.amSymbol = "a"
formatter.pmSymbol = "p"
formatter.dateFormat = "h:mma"
let timeLabel = formatter.string(from: Date())

Answer 3

+ (NSDateFormatter *)dateFormatter {
static NSDateFormatter *_dateFormatter = nil;
static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
_dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[_dateFormatter setDateFormat:#"MMM d, h:mmaaa"];
});
return _dateFormatter;
}
how about not to use template?
template's am/pm can't be sticked with minutes, weird

Answer 4

Can you try like this
static NSDateFormatter *_dateFormatter = nil;
static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
NSString *format = [NSDateFormatter dateFormatFromTemplate:#"MMM d h:mm a" options:0 locale:[NSLocale currentLocale]];
_dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[_dateFormatter setDateFormat:format];
});
NSString *date = [_dateFormatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]];
NSArray *aa = [date componentsSeparatedByString:#" "];
NSString *combinedString = [date stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:[NSString stringWithFormat:#" %#",[aa lastObject]] withString:[aa lastObject]];
NSLog(#"date : %#",combinedString);

Answer 5

I create a simple yet not necessary the best solution. So I used my string to present it in a UILabel. So I sublclassed UILabel called ClockLabel and override setter for label's text. Here is the code:
- (void)setText:(NSString *)text {
text = [text stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#" am" withString:#"am"];
text = [text stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#" pm" withString:#"pm"];
[super setText:text];
}
There must be some other soluton but I sticked to this one.