NSDate for first day of the month

Question

This is quite a simple concept, but as of yet I have been unable to find an elegant (and calendar locale independent) solution. I need to find the first day of the month for

Answer 1

Swift 3

I've included getting the last day of the month in case it is useful to anyone.

extension Date {
    func lastDayOfMonth() -> Date {
        let calendar = Calendar.current
        let dayRange = calendar.range(of: .day, in: .month, for: self)
        let dayCount = dayRange!.count
        var comp = calendar.dateComponents([.year, .month, .day], from: self)

        comp.day = dayCount

        return calendar.date(from: comp)!
    }

    func firstDayOfMonth() -> Date {
        let calendar: Calendar = Calendar.current
        var components: DateComponents = calendar.dateComponents([.year, .month, .day], from: self)
        components.setValue(1, for: .day)
        return calendar.date(from: components)!
    }
}