how do I get the day of the week using NSDateFormatter and show using NSLog in iOS?

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

Using the following code.

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

how do I put this value in a variable?
I want to use an if, for example:

if (day == "monday")  
{  
  ...    
}

Answer 1

This is how you do it. Always set the locale in which you'd like to get the day name, because the default one may not be English.

NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];
[dateFormatter setFormatterBehavior:NSDateFormatterBehavior10_4];
dateFormatter.locale = [[[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"en_US"] autorelease];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"EEEE"];
NSString *dayName = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]];
if ([dayName isEqualToString:@"Monday"]) {
}