NSDate * date = [NSDate date]; NSLog ( @"datad %@" ,date) NSDateFormatter * formatter = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc ] init ] autorelease ]; NSLocale *enUSPOSIXLocale = [[[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier : @"en_US_POSIX" ] autorelease]; [formatter setLocale :enUSPOSIXLocale]; [formatter setDateFormat : @"hh:mm a" ]; NSString * str = [formatter stringFromDate :date]; NSLog( @"str %@" ,str);