- (void) setDateFormat: (NSString*) format;

The functions setDateFormat() and setDateDelimiter() defines a date format which will be used when you get or date as a string.
The delimiter can be any. Usually ./-
Formats are:

• dmy : day-month-year
• mdy : month-day-year
• ymd : year-month-day
• asis : year-month-day without delimiter, i.e. YYYYMMDD

- (void) setDateDelimiter: (char) c;

{
    // your code
    [dbf setDateFormat:@"dmy"];
    [dbf setDateDelimiter:'/'];
    // your code
}