NSDateFormatter *dateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormat setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm Z"];
NSDate *selected = [datePicker date];
NSString *message = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:
@"The date and time you selected is: %@",
[dateFormat stringFromDate:selected]];
// output: 2011-08-26 10:30 +0800
...
[message release];
[dateFormat release];
http://unicode.org/reports/tr35/#Date_Format_Patterns