How can I get the current month as String?

Question

I need to get may as a current month, but I could not do. How can I achieve this?

   let date = NSDate()
   let calendar = NSCalendar.currentCalendar()
   let components = calendar.components([.Day , .Month , .Year], fromDate: date)
   
   let year =  components.year
   let month = components.month
   let day = components.day

I have done this but does not worked.

Do you want the ordinal number as string, the month name (in which language) or something else? And consider to update to Swift 3. That's the future. — vadian, May 06 '17 at 13:08
@LeoDabus Of course I mean Swift 3 in terms of `≥` like a major upgrade. — vadian, May 06 '17 at 16:15
@vadian I am just showing how important is for him to upgrade as soon as possible :) — Leo Dabus, May 06 '17 at 16:17

André Slotta · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-23T05:55:27.993

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let now = Date()
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "LLLL"
let nameOfMonth = dateFormatter.string(from: now)

edited May 23 '18 at 05:55

answered May 06 '17 at 13:07

André Slotta

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The correct format for stand alone month is LLLL http://userguide.icu-project.org/formatparse/datetime – Leo Dabus May 06 '17 at 16:07
Is it possible to set the language of the returned month? I tried using locale but it doesn't work. I want to get the current language that is set on iPhone – mikro098 May 10 '18 at 22:01
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@codddeer123 The `DateFormatter` uses the device's locale by default. You can override it by setting a different locale of course: `dateFormatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "es")` – André Slotta May 23 '18 at 05:53
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If you are displaying something more than just the month, for example month and day, this might be prone to issues. Better to use `.setLocalizedDateFormatFromTemplate` to account for possible localization format order differences. – craft Apr 08 '22 at 19:33

score 48 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 17 '18 at 11:14

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If you are using Swift 3.0 then extensions and Date class are great way to go.

try below code

extension Date {
    var month: String {
        let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
        dateFormatter.dateFormat = "MMMM"
        return dateFormatter.string(from: self)
    }    
}

Get work with it like below:

 let date = Date()
 let monthString = date.month

edited Dec 17 '18 at 11:14

LinusGeffarth

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answered May 06 '17 at 14:10

Balaji Galave

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i am using swift 2 – iron May 06 '17 at 14:32
just get on Swift 3.0 if you can bro. bcz its a lot happening on latest **swift** – Balaji Galave May 06 '17 at 18:16
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Swift 4.0 Solution: DateFormatter().monthSymbols[currentMonth - 1] – cspam Apr 12 '19 at 17:50
I would change it to `static var month: String { .... }` so it can be accessed without having to create an instance. – Weston Mitchell Sep 16 '22 at 06:21

Luke Stanyer · Answer 3 · 2022-05-27T17:16:39.810

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Swift 3.0 and higher

You use DateFormatter() see below for this used in an extension to Date.

Add this anywhere in your project in global scope.

extension Date {
    func monthName() -> String {
            let df = DateFormatter()
            df.setLocalizedDateFormatFromTemplate("MMM")
            return df.string(from: self)
    }
}

Then you can use this anywhere in your code.

let date = Date()
date.monthName() // Returns current month e.g. "May"

edited May 27 '22 at 17:16

answered May 06 '17 at 13:14

Luke Stanyer

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should i use NSdate date is undeclared ....swift 2 – iron May 06 '17 at 13:28

How can I get the current month as String?

3 Answers3

Swift 3.0 and higher