iOS: How to get a proper Month name from a number?

Question

I know that the NSDateformatter suite of functionality is a boon for mankind, but at the same time it is very confusing to me. I hope you can help me out.

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Answer 1

You can change the dateFormat of the NSDateFormatter. So to simplify your code:

int monthNumber = 11
NSString * dateString = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"%d", monthNumber];

NSDateFormatter* dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"MM"];
NSDate* myDate = [dateFormatter dateFromString:dateString];

[formatter setDateFormat:@"MMMM"];
NSString *stringFromDate = [formatter stringFromDate:myDate];
[dateFormatter release];

You should also set the locale once you init the date formatter.

dateFormatter.locale = [NSLocale currentLocale]; // Or any other locale

Hope this helps

Answer 2

How about:

NSUInteger i = <your month integer>;
NSDateFormatter *df = [NSDateFormatter new];
// change locale if the standard is not what you want
NSArray *monthNames = [df standaloneMonthSymbols];
NSString *monthName = [monthNames objectAtIndex:(i - 1)];
[df release];

Answer 3

NSDate to NSString -> As Dateformat Ex: 2015/06/24

        NSDateFormatter *dateformate=[[NSDateFormatter alloc]init];
        [dateformate setDateFormat: @"yyyy/MM/dd"];
        NSString *date = [dateformate stringFromDate:selectedDate]; // Convert date to string

NSDate to NSString -> As Dateformat Ex: 2015 June 24, 1:02 PM

        [dateformate setDateFormat:@"yyyy MMMM dd, h:mm a"];
        NSString *displayDate = [dateformate stringFromDate:selectedDate]; // Convert date to string
        NSLog(@"date :%@",date);
        NSLog(@"Display time = %@", displayDate);

Answer 4

You should be able to get rid of the release and re-allocation of the dateFormatter, cutting out a couple of lines, but that's all I see.

Answer 5

Swift 4.X

print((DateFormatter().monthSymbols[month-1].capitalized)) //month is int less than 12

For Example:

print((DateFormatter().monthSymbols[11-1].capitalized))

Output

November

Answer 6

Best solution for this is , standaloneMonthSymbols method,

-(NSString*)MonthNameString:(int)monthNumber
{
    NSDateFormatter *formate = [NSDateFormatter new];

    NSArray *monthNames = [formate standaloneMonthSymbols];

    NSString *monthName = [monthNames objectAtIndex:(monthNumber - 1)];

    return monthName;
}