Question

I know this is a repetitive query, but I am stuck up with this issue.
I need to know how can I get the day like Mon,Tues for a particular date eg: 18 July, 2010 etc.

appreciate your help!!

Answer 1

NSString *dateString = @"20 July, 2011"; // select this from your database

NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"dd MMMM, yyyy"];
NSDate *date = [dateFormatter dateFromString:dateString];

NSCalendar *gregorian = [[NSCalendar alloc] initWithCalendarIdentifier:NSGregorianCalendar];
NSDateComponents *components = [gregorian components:NSWeekdayCalendarUnit fromDate:date];
NSInteger weekday = [components weekday];
NSLog(@"%d", weekday);

Note that Sunday is 1.
2 would be Monday etc…

Edited my answer to show you an example of how to convert a string to an NSDate. 😉