Date Formatting

gistfile1.m

    NSDateComponents *fromComponents = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] components:NSCalendarUnitDay | NSCalendarUnitMonth | NSCalendarUnitYear fromDate:[_fromDate dateValue]];
    NSDateComponents *toComponents = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] components:NSCalendarUnitDay | NSCalendarUnitMonth | NSCalendarUnitYear fromDate:[_toDate dateValue]];
    
    NSString *fromDateString    = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%li-%li-%li 00:00:00", fromComponents.day, fromComponents.month, (long)fromComponents.year];
    NSString *toDateString      = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%li-%li-%li 23:59:59", toComponents.day, toComponents.month, (long)toComponents.year];

    NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
    // this is imporant - we set our input date format to match our input string
    // if format doesn't match you'll get nil from your string, so be careful
    [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss"];
    NSDate *dateFromString  = [dateFormatter dateFromString:fromDateString];
    NSDate *dateToString    = [dateFormatter dateFromString:toDateString];