iOS: How to get a proper Month name from a number?

Question

I know that the NSDateformatter suite of functionality is a boon for mankind, but at the same time it is very confusing to me. I hope you can help me out.

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Answer 1

You can change the dateFormat of the NSDateFormatter. So to simplify your code:

int monthNumber = 11
NSString * dateString = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"%d", monthNumber];

NSDateFormatter* dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"MM"];
NSDate* myDate = [dateFormatter dateFromString:dateString];

[formatter setDateFormat:@"MMMM"];
NSString *stringFromDate = [formatter stringFromDate:myDate];
[dateFormatter release];

You should also set the locale once you init the date formatter.

dateFormatter.locale = [NSLocale currentLocale]; // Or any other locale

Hope this helps