Format NSDate with different calendar identifier?

Question

I'm trying to print a human-friendly date that's of a different calendar identifier. I am able to get the date, but when I format it, it outputs back to Gregorian (or the user's current calendar I think).

Here's what I'm trying:

var calendar = NSCalendar(calendarIdentifier: NSCalendarIdentifierIslamicCivil)
var flags = NSCalendarUnit(UInt.max)
var components = calendar?.components(flags, fromDate: NSDate())

let formatter = NSDateFormatter()
formatter.dateStyle = NSDateFormatterStyle.LongStyle

let dateString = formatter.stringFromDate(calendar!.dateFromComponents(components!)!)

println(dateString)

This prints: May 8, 2015, but I'm trying to get it to print Rajab 19, 1436. Is this possible?

Maybe you should set the calendar and locale of the NSDateFormatter?? — Hot Licks, May 08 '15 at 12:19
I am not sure however i have found a good response to similar question hope this may help http://stackoverflow.com/a/26035658/4056108 — chirag90, May 08 '15 at 12:21

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 08 '15 at 12:20

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Just add the following line

formatter.calendar = calendar

answered May 08 '15 at 12:20

Marius Fanu

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