NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceReferenceDate example objc

NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceReferenceDate method returns an NSDate object initialized relative the first instant of 1 January 2001, GMT by a given number of seconds. In most cases, NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceReferenceDate is not preferred since you must know how many seconds relative to the GMT 2001/01/01.

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[NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceReferenceDate Example qouted from Apple Developer Site]

NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];

[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd 'at' HH:mm"];

NSDate *date = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceReferenceDate:162000];

NSString *formattedDateString = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:date];

NSLog(@"formattedDateString: %@", formattedDateString);

// For US English, the output may be:

// formattedDateString: 2001-01-02 at 13:00