Core Plot (macOS)
Cocoa plotting framework for macOS, iOS, and tvOS
CPTTimeFormatter Class Reference

A number formatter that converts time intervals to dates. Useful for formatting labels on an axis. If you choose the numerical scale of the plot space to be in seconds, axis labels can be directly generated by setting a CPTTimeFormatter as the labelFormatter and/or minorTickLabelFormatter . More...

#import <CPTTimeFormatter.h>

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Public Instance Methods

Initialization
(nonnull instancetype) - initWithDateFormatter:
 Initializes new instance with the date formatter passed. More...
 
(nullable instancetype) - initWithCoder:
 Returns an object initialized from data in a given unarchiver. More...
 
(nonnull instancetype) - init [implementation]
 Initializes new instance with a default date formatter. The default formatter uses NSDateFormatterMediumStyle for dates and times. More...
 
Formatting
(nullable NSString *) - stringForObjectValue: [implementation]
 Converts decimal number for the time into a date string. Uses the date formatter to do the conversion. Conversions are relative to the reference date, unless it is nil, in which case the standard reference date of 1 January 2001, GMT is used. More...
 
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Properties

NSDateFormatterdateFormatter
 The date formatter used to generate strings from time intervals. More...
 
NSDatereferenceDate
 Date from which time intervals are taken. If nil, the standard reference date (1 January 2001, GMT) is used. More...
 

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Detailed Description

A number formatter that converts time intervals to dates. Useful for formatting labels on an axis. If you choose the numerical scale of the plot space to be in seconds, axis labels can be directly generated by setting a CPTTimeFormatter as the labelFormatter and/or minorTickLabelFormatter .

Method Documentation

◆ init

- (nonnull instancetype) init
implementation

Initializes new instance with a default date formatter. The default formatter uses NSDateFormatterMediumStyle for dates and times.

Returns
The new instance.

◆ initWithCoder:

- (nullable instancetype) initWithCoder: (nonnull NSCoder *)  coder

Returns an object initialized from data in a given unarchiver.

Parameters
coderAn unarchiver object.
Returns
An object initialized from data in a given unarchiver.

◆ initWithDateFormatter:

- (nonnull instancetype) initWithDateFormatter: (nullable NSDateFormatter *)  aDateFormatter

Initializes new instance with the date formatter passed.

Parameters
aDateFormatterThe date formatter.
Returns
The new instance.

◆ stringForObjectValue:

- (nullable NSString *) stringForObjectValue: (nullable id coordinateValue
implementation

Converts decimal number for the time into a date string. Uses the date formatter to do the conversion. Conversions are relative to the reference date, unless it is nil, in which case the standard reference date of 1 January 2001, GMT is used.

Parameters
coordinateValueThe time value.
Returns
The date string.

Property Documentation

◆ dateFormatter

- (nullable NSDateFormatter *) dateFormatter
readwritenonatomicstrong

The date formatter used to generate strings from time intervals.

◆ referenceDate

- (nullable NSDate *) referenceDate
readwritenonatomiccopy

Date from which time intervals are taken. If nil, the standard reference date (1 January 2001, GMT) is used.


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