How to find weekday from today's date using NSDate?

Question

I know that I can figure out today\'s date by [NSDate date]; but how would I find out today day of the week, like Saturday, Friday etc.

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Answer 1

Shorter version

NSCalendarUnit dayOfTheWeek = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] component:NSCalendarUnitWeekday fromDate:yourDate];