iOS Swift converting calendar component int month to medium style string month

Question

I want to display calendar in this format

to the user. One option is to

Answer 1

I am adding three types. Have a look.

        //Todays Date
        let todayDate = NSDate()
        let calendar = NSCalendar(identifier: NSCalendarIdentifierGregorian)!
        let components = calendar.components(.CalendarUnitYear | .CalendarUnitMonth | .CalendarUnitDay, fromDate: todayDate)
        var (year, month, date) = (components.year, components.month, components.day)
        println("YEAR: \(year)  MONTH: \(month) DATE: \(date)")

        //Making a X mas Yr
        let morningOfChristmasComponents = NSDateComponents()
        morningOfChristmasComponents.year = 2014
        morningOfChristmasComponents.month = 12
        morningOfChristmasComponents.day = 25
        morningOfChristmasComponents.hour = 7
        morningOfChristmasComponents.minute = 0
        morningOfChristmasComponents.second = 0

        let morningOfChristmas = NSCalendar.currentCalendar().dateFromComponents(morningOfChristmasComponents)!
        let formatter = NSDateFormatter()
        formatter.dateStyle = NSDateFormatterStyle.LongStyle
        formatter.timeStyle = .MediumStyle
        let dateString = formatter.stringFromDate(morningOfChristmas)
        print("dateString : \(dateString)")


        //Current month - complete name
        let dateFormatter: NSDateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
        let months = dateFormatter.monthSymbols
        let monthSymbol = months[month-1] as! String
        println("monthSymbol  : \(monthSymbol)")


Print Results:

YEAR: 2015  MONTH: 10 DATE: 9
dateString : December 25, 2014 at 7:00:00 AM
monthSymbol  : October