Working with NSDateFormatter

Working with NSDateFormatter

Currently, I am attempting to format an NSDate string.
2013-08-25 22:54:00.500 MYSCHEDULER[23153:c07] 9:00 PM
2013-08-25 22:54:00.501 MYSCHEDULER[23153:c07] 2013-08-10 04:00:00 +0000
Here's the code I use:
- (NSString *)monthFormatter:(NSDate *)date
{
static NSDateFormatter *dateFormat = nil;
if (nil == dateFormat) {
dateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormat setDateFormat:@"h:mm a"];
}
return [dateFormat stringFromDate:date];
}
What I would like to do is create a date formatter that takes out
appending 0s.
So I have a time like 9:00 PM and I would like to convert the time to 9
PM. Is there a way this can be accomplished with a NSDateFormatter?
I attempted to do this : [dateFormat setDateFormat:@"h:m a"]; but it just
made the date show up like so : 9:0 PM
Anyone have any ideas?
EDIT
Also, I understand I could write:
[dateFormat setDateFormat:@"h a"];
and that would satify this case but for the case of maybe 9:30 PM, what
would need to be done? Maybe a checker within the dateformatter method?
But I figure Apple has already implemented this case.