How do I calculate the number of days in this year in Objective C

Question

How can i calculate the number of days in a year for any calendar, not just gregorian. I have tried this

NSUInteger *days = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] range

Answer 1

In general you may use number of days between 1st day of the year and 1st day of the next year. Here's the code that illustrates this approach

- (NSDate *)firstDateOfYear:(NSInteger)year
{
    NSDateComponents *dc = [[NSDateComponents alloc] init];
    dc.year = year;
    dc.month = 1;
    dc.day = 1;
    return [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] dateFromComponents:dc];
}

- (NSUInteger)numberOfDaysInYear:(NSInteger)year
{
    NSDate *firstDateOfYear = [self firstDateOfYear:year];
    NSDate *firstDateOfNextYear = [self firstDateOfYear:year + 1];
    NSDateComponents *components = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] components:NSDayCalendarUnit fromDate:firstDateOfYear toDate:firstDateOfNextYear options:0];
    return [components day];
}