How to get the day of the week from a date in Swift

Question

I can print the date in this format: Mon, Mar 19, 2018, but I am not sure how to get the Day of the week in this format.

Please help

What does *Day of the week* mean? – vadian Mar 20 '18 at 10:44 — vadian, Mar 20 '18 at 10:44

score 17 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 20 '18 at 10:44

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let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
// uncomment to enforce the US locale
// dateFormatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "en-US") 
dateFormatter.setLocalizedDateFormatFromTemplate("EEE MMM d yyyy")
print(dateFormatter.string(from: Date())) // "Tue, Mar 20, 2018" for en-US locale

Note that I am using a template to provide the exact format, therefore the format will be properly localized in every language.

answered Mar 20 '18 at 10:44

Sulthan

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@Sh_Khan Exactly what the OP wanted. – Sulthan Mar 20 '18 at 10:49

Akshansh Thakur · Answer 2 · 2018-03-20T10:50:37.880

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To get the day for a particular date:

let customDateFormatter = DateFormatter()

print(customDateFormatter.weekdaySymbols[Calendar.current.component(.weekday, from: Date())])

// "Wednesday"

source

edited Mar 20 '18 at 10:50

answered Mar 20 '18 at 10:43

Akshansh Thakur

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 04 '19 at 15:50

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Rather than needing to spell out a date format. I would simplify it further to:

dateFormatter.dateStyle = .full

Or if you just want the day:

dateFormatter.dateFormat = "EEEE"

answered Feb 04 '19 at 15:50

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MRizwan33 · Answer 4 · 2018-03-20T11:00:58.923

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With swift 4

 func timeStamp()->String {

      let dateFormater = DateFormatter()
      dateFormater.locale = Locale(identifier: "en-US") 
      dateFormater.setLocalizedDateFormatFromTemplate("EEE MMM d yyyy")

      return dateFormatter.string(from: Date())
    }

Use it.

let getTimeStamp = timeStamp()
   print(getTimeStamp)

edited Mar 20 '18 at 11:00

answered Mar 20 '18 at 10:47

MRizwan33

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Where is `Mon` as op expected?? – dahiya_boy Mar 20 '18 at 10:48
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Don't use `NSDateFormatter` in Swift 3+ and please don't improve your answer by *pirating* others. – vadian Mar 20 '18 at 10:55
This is exactly the same as my answer – Sulthan Mar 20 '18 at 11:50
Yes we did on same time so i can't delete my answer. sorry. – MRizwan33 Mar 20 '18 at 11:53

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 20 '18 at 10:40

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dateFormatter.dateFormat = "EEE, MMM dd, yyyy"

For dat of week in alphabets, you use EEEE or EEE similar to MMM & yyyy for month year.

answered Mar 20 '18 at 10:40

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what about `get the Day of the week in this format` – Anbu.Karthik Mar 20 '18 at 10:40
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6724180/converting-a-date-format-in-objective-c – Rishabh Mar 20 '18 at 10:41

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 20 '18 at 11:24

The best way to change your date is follow this method.

func ChangeDateFormat(date:String,FromFormat: String, ToFormat: String) -> String {
    let dateFormatter1 = DateFormatter()
    dateFormatter1.dateFormat = FromFormat
    let myDate = dateFormatter1.date(from: date)
    dateFormatter1.dateFormat = ToFormat
    if(myDate != nil){
        let Date = dateFormatter1.string(from: myDate!)
        return Date
    }
    else{
        return ""
    }
}

and then you can use this method like

String(ChangeDateFormat(date: StartDate, FromFormat: "yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss a", ToFormat: "MMM d, yyyy"))

You can pass your date format in which format do you want in your case it should be

  String(ChangeDateFormat(date: StartDate, FromFormat: "Pass your date format", ToFormat: "EEE MMM d, yyyy"))

please, learn to use `if let` or `guard let`. Also please use swift naming conventions, not conventions from other languages. — Sulthan, Mar 20 '18 at 15:32

How to get the day of the week from a date in Swift

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