Using NSDateComponents:
static inline NSString *stringFromWeekday(int weekday)
{
static NSString *strings[] = {
@"Sunday",
@"Monday",
@"Tuesday",
@"Wednesday",
@"Thursday",
@"Friday",
@"Saturday",
};
return strings[weekday - 1];
}
NSDateComponents *components = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] components:NSWeekdayCalendarUnit fromDate:[NSDate date]];
NSLog(@"%@", stringFromWeekday([components weekday]));
Of course, this doesn't respect locales & such.