NSDateFormatter not working in TextField - ios

Question

OK, I know I am missing something but I don't know what.
My NSDateFormmater comes up in the textField(personMonthdayTextField) with todays date but when I selected the datePicker and input it into the textField, it comes up with the standard format with the hours, minutes, seconds which I don't need.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
-(void)viewDidLoad {
NSDate* date = [NSDate date];
NSDateFormatter* formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[formatter setDateFormat:#"dd/MMM/yyyy"];
NSString* str = [formatter stringFromDate:date];
NSLog(#"%#",str);
NSMutableArray *Arr=[str componentsSeparatedByString:#" "];
personMonthdayTextField.text=[Arr objectAtIndex:0];
}
- (IBAction)done:(id)sender {
NSDate *dateSelected = [datepick date];
NSString *dateStamp = [[NSString alloc]initWithFormat:#"%#", dateSelected];
personMonthdayTextField.text = dateStamp;
}

Answer 1

This will give you date only
NSDateFormatter *df = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
df.dateStyle = NSDateFormatterMediumStyle;
datelabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",
[df stringFromDate:[NSDate date]]];
Adapt this for your code under your IBAction method

Answer 2

just use NSDateFormatter in your IBAction
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc]init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:#"dd/MM/yyyy"];
NSDate *dateSelected = [datepick date];
personMonthdayTextField.text = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:dateSelected];
you can also tweak with formats of date give in Apple ios sdk ,easily to get desired format.

Answer 3

If you only want the day why don't you set the dateFormat as "dd", it would save the need to separate the components of dateString.
-(void)viewDidLoad {
NSDate* date = [NSDate date];
NSDateFormatter* formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[formatter setDateFormat:#"dd"];
personMonthdayTextField.text = [formatter stringFromDate:date];
}
- (IBAction)done:(id)sender {
NSDate *dateSelected = [datepick date];
NSDateFormatter* formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[formatter setDateFormat:#"dd"];
personMonthdayTextField.text = [formatter stringFromDate:date];
}