Get Weekday from Date - Swift 3
Swift5 get week day from DateFormatter
func getTodayWeekDay()-> String{
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "EEEE"
let weekDay = dateFormatter.string(from: Date())
return weekDay
}
//eg: // "EEEE" --> "Friday"
// "EEE" --> "Fri"
If you want dayNumber component in TimeZone
func dayNumberOfWeek() -> Int? {
let timeZone = TimeZone(abbreviation: "EDT")
let component = Calendar.current.dateComponents(in: timeZone!, from: self)
return component.day
}
Presumably you have a Date
already?
let weekday = Calendar.current.component(.weekday, from: myDate)
Maybe you want the name of the weekday?
let f = DateFormatter()
f.weekdaySymbols[Calendar.current.component(.weekday, from: Date()) - 1]
The -1
is added at the end because Calendar.current.component(.weekday, from: Date()) returns values from 1-7 but weekdaySymbols expects array indices.
Investigate the NSCalendar
/DateComponents
api or edit your question to be more specific if you need help with the DateComponents api.
let date = Date()
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "EEEE, MMMM dd, yyyy" // OR "dd-MM-yyyy"
let currentDateString: String = dateFormatter.string(from: date)
print("Current date is \(currentDateString)")
Current date is Monday, June 29, 2017