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

Update Swift 5.x Solution:

Today is Monday, 20 April, 2020

    let date = Date() // get a current date instance
    let dateFormatter = DateFormatter() // get a date formatter instance
    let calendar = dateFormatter.calendar // get a calendar instance

Now you can get every index value of year, month, week, day everything what you want as follows:

    let year = calendar?.component(.year, from: date) // Result: 2020
    let month = calendar?.component(.month, from: date) // Result: 4
    let week = calendar?.component(.weekOfMonth, from: date) // Result: 4
    let day = calendar?.component(.day, from: date) // Result: 20
    let weekday = calendar?.component(.weekday, from: date) // Result: 2
    let weekdayOrdinal = calendar?.component(.weekdayOrdinal, from: date) // Result: 3
    let weekOfYear = calendar?.component(.weekOfYear, from: date) // Result: 17

You can get an array of all month names like:

    let monthsWithFullName = dateFormatter.monthSymbols // Result: ["January”, "February”, "March”, "April”, "May”, "June”, "July”, "August”, "September”, "October”, "November”, "December”]
    let monthsWithShortName = dateFormatter.shortMonthSymbols // Result: ["Jan”, "Feb”, "Mar”, "Apr”, "May”, "Jun”, "Jul”, "Aug”, "Sep”, "Oct”, "Nov”, "Dec”]

You can format current date as you wish like:

    dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"
    let todayWithTime = dateFormatter.string(from: date) // Result: "2020-04-20 06:17:29"
    dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd"
    let onlyTodayDate = dateFormatter.string(from: date) // Result: "2020-04-20"

I think this is the most simpler and updated answer.