A NSFetchedResultsController with date as sectionNameKeyPath

This should do the trick for you:

- (NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section {
  NSString *rawDateStr = [[[self.fetchedResultsController sections] objectAtIndex:section] name];
  // Convert rawDateStr string to NSDate...
  NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];
  [formatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss ZZ"];
  NSDate *date = [formatter dateFromString:rawDateStr];

  // Convert NSDate to format we want...
  [formatter setDateFormat:@"d MMMM yyyy"];
  NSString *formattedDateStr = [formatter stringFromDate:date];
  return formattedDateStr;  
}

[EDIT]

Jus saw your comment and for what you are trying to achieve, you could create a transient NSDate attribute (non persistent) that is formatted in a similar way to the above code (i.e. without H:mm:ss ZZZZ) and use that attribute as your sectionNameKeyPath value.

So in a nutshell for a foo object, with fooDate and fooDateTransient attributes, you would:

1. Get your foo.fooDate attribute

2. Transform it using the code above (or similar) and assign the NSDate result to foo.fooDateTransient

3. Use fooDateTransient as your sectionNameKeyPath when creating the fetchedResultsController object.

PS: I haven’t tested this myself but should be worth a shot!

Good luck,
Rog