NSDateFormatter problems

FROM : Will Cosgrove
DATE : Wed Nov 20 23:47:17 2002

Hi All,
I've having some major problems with NSDateFormatter and I was
wondering if anyone had some suggestions.  I'm trying to get the
localized short date from NSUserDefaults, then set a formatter with it
and allow the formatted NSTableViewColumn cell to be editable.  This is
the code I'm using:

NSString* formatString = [NSString stringWithString: [[NSUserDefaults
standardUserDefaults] objectForKey:NSShortDateFormatString]];

dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc]
initWithDateFormat:formatString allowNaturalLanguage:NO];

//setting the table column's data cell formatter - which I know is
valid.
[[column dataCell] setFormatter: formatter];
(snip stuff)
[column setEditable: YES];

This works great to format the column's date to the localized value. 
But after I set the cell's formatter I can't exit editing the cell
because the formatter ALWAYS fails when validating the date format.  I
would imagine it thinks the format of the new value in the cell is
invalid, but it's not.  However, if I set the formatter up  with a
string like so:

dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] initWithDateFormat:@"%m/%d/%y"
allowNaturalLanguage:NO];

It works the way it should.  Does anyone have any idea why this would
be failing, it's driving me crazy.

Thanks in advance.
Will C.
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