How to print name of the day of the week?

Question

Im trying to print out the name of the day of the week i.e Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. I currently have this bit of code that does just that. I was wondering if there is a w

Answer 1

Use this function:

func DayOfWeek(date: String) -> String?
{
    let dateFormatter  = DateFormatter()
    dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-M-d"
    dateFormatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "en_US_POSIX")
    guard let _date = dateFormatter.date(from: date) else { return nil }
    let weekday = Calendar(identifier: .gregorian).component(.weekday, from: _date)
    return Calendar.current.weekdaySymbols[weekday-1]
}