How to get the day name from a selected date in swift?

Question

Get the day name (example: Monday, Tuesday, ..... ) from a selected date from datepicker

 let day = dateFormatter.string(from: date)

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 27 '21 at 20:15

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To get the weekday do the following:

let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
var weekday: String = ""
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "cccc"
weekday = dateFormatter.string(from: date)

Read more about the different formats here: http://userguide.icu-project.org/formatparse/datetime

edited Feb 27 '21 at 20:15

Hamed

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answered Mar 26 '19 at 10:35

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not working for me... i want as for date 26/03/2019 as tuesday – SCS Mar 26 '19 at 11:13
what result do you get? – PaFi Mar 26 '19 at 12:14
getting as Monday but i want as monday – SCS Mar 26 '19 at 12:25
just do weekday.lowercased() if you want to have the letter lowercased – PaFi Mar 26 '19 at 12:28
yes get, one more thing if i change the date the day will not changing – SCS Mar 26 '19 at 12:38
If you dont show your code i cant help you. But all your questions are probably answered somewhere on stackoverflow – PaFi Mar 26 '19 at 16:31
func daySelect() { let dateFormatter = DateFormatter() dateFormatter.dateFormat = "EEEE" let vc = CustomDatePickerAlert() vc.view.frame = CGRect(origin: self.view.center, size: CGSize(width: self.view.frame.width - 50, height: vc.view.frame.height)) vc.treatDelegate = self self.present(vc, animated: true) let wday = dateFormatter.string(from: vc.treatmtDatePicker.date) // onClickDate.setTitle(date, for: .normal) print(wday + "") day = wday – SCS Mar 30 '19 at 09:47
also a function for select date in dd/mm/yyyy format all two functions call in a button click – SCS Mar 30 '19 at 09:49

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 26 '19 at 10:41

Add this extension in below any file in the project. (better make an extension file and add there.)

extension Date {
    func dayNameOfWeek() -> String? {
        let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
        dateFormatter.dateFormat = "EEEE"
        return dateFormatter.string(from: self)
    }
}

Usage:

let dayName = date.dayNameOfWeek()

How to get the day name from a selected date in swift?

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