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I need to display a timer in "hh:mm:ss" format on the iPhone, but want it localized. Finland, for example uses a period instead of a colon between the time components (hh.mm.ss). Apple's NSDateFormatter would do the trick if I was dealing with a "time" but I need to display hours much greater than 24. I have not been able to make an NSDate/NSDateFormatter work because when you make one with seconds... NSDate *aDate = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceReferenceDate:aTotalSeconds]; ... every 86,400 seconds (one day's worth) NSDate automatically increments the day and hours, minutes, and seconds go back to zero. I need to make it work on an any number of seconds without rolling over. For example, with 86,401 seconds I want to display 24:00:01 (or 24.00.01 in Finland). My code manages total seconds fine, so the only problem I have is the display. A simple... [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d%@%d%@%d", hours, sepString, mins, sepString, secs] ... would work if I could find a way to get at a localized "sepString" (the time component separator). NSLocale does not seem to have this. Thoughts?

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