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What could be wrong with this formatting code. The same input for `format` works for JVM and Android but throws the exception on iOS

```actual fun LocalDate.format(format: String): String {
    val formatter = NSDateFormatter().apply { dateFormat = format }

    return formatter.stringFromDate(
        toNSDateComponents().date
            ?: throw IllegalStateException("Error converting Kotlin LocalDate to NSDate")
    )
}```

What is the format you are trying to use. It is possible it is not compatible with iOS, since the formats are not always the same cross platform.

I'm just using `dd.MM.yy` as the pattern. What I ended up doing is converting the date to an `Instant` and calling `toNSDate()`  on it. `toNSDateComponents().date` keeps on returning null
```actual fun LocalDate.format(format: String): String {
    val formatter = NSDateFormatter().apply {
        dateFormat = format
        timeZone = TimeZone.currentSystemDefault().toNSTimeZone()
    }

    return formatter.stringFromDate(
        atStartOfDayIn(TimeZone.currentSystemDefault()).toNSDate()
    )
}```

Are you facing a similar problem <@U046KP20YJC>? This is how I solved it.
```actual fun LocalDate.format(format: String): String {
    val formatter = NSDateFormatter().apply {
        dateFormat = format
        timeZone = TimeZone.currentSystemDefault().toNSTimeZone()
    }

    return formatter.stringFromDate(
        atStartOfDayIn(TimeZone.currentSystemDefault()).toNSDate(),
    )
}```

I've no't implemented anything yet. I was just looking around how can i format DateTime. would be great if you please share expect/actual for both platforms. thank you

This is how the expect looks like

`expect fun LocalDate.format(format: String): String`

For Android and JVM,
```actual fun LocalDate.format(format: String): String {
    return DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(format).format(this.toJavaLocalDate())
}```

You need to import kotlinx datetime dependency