how do I get the day of the week using NSDate and show using NSLog in iOS? [duplicate]

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

NSLog(@"the day is: %@", [[NSDate date] descriptionWithCalendarFormat:@"%A" timeZone:nil locale:nil]);

Answer 3

NSDateFormatter* day = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[day setDateFormat: @"EEEE"];
NSLog(@"the day is: %@", [day stringFromDate:[NSDate date]]);