NSDateFormatter for day and month name

try this...

//Getting date from string
    NSString *dateString = @"09-03-2015";
    NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
    [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"dd-MM-yyyy"];
    NSDate *date = [[NSDate alloc] init];
    date = [dateFormatter dateFromString:dateString];
// converting into our required date format    
    [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"EEEE, MMMM dd, yyyy"];
    NSString *reqDateString = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:date];
    NSLog(@"date is %@", reqDateString);

LOG:2015-03-09 12:40:33.456 TestCode [1377:38775] date is Monday, March 09, 2015