• Open Menu Close Menu
  • Apple
  • Shopping Bag
  • Apple
  • Mac
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • Watch
  • TV
  • Music
  • Support
  • Search apple.com
  • Shopping Bag

Lists

Open Menu Close Menu
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Lists hosted on this site
  • Email the Postmaster
  • Tips for posting to public mailing lists
Re: Getting weekday name from weekday number?
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: Getting weekday name from weekday number?


  • Subject: Re: Getting weekday name from weekday number?
  • From: Rick Mann <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:42:31 -0700

On Oct 18, 2011, at 15:21 , Dave DeLong wrote:

> Quick idea off the top of my head:
>
> Ask an NSDateFormatter for its shortWeekdaySymbols (returns an NSArray of NSStrings) and index into that with your weekday number.

That seems to work. Thanks!

--
Rick

>
> Other than that, the correct way to do this is to construct an NSDate with the appropriate weekday and then use a date format of "EEE" to get the short weekday name.
>
> Dave
>
> On Oct 18, 2011, at 3:18 PM, Rick Mann wrote:
>
>> Hi. Given a day-of-week number, what's the best way to get the abbreviated name of that weekday? I've tried using NSDateComponents in various ways (stand-alone, building off the current date, etc.) to get at it (by using NSDateFormatter on the resulting date), but none seem to work. Basically, setting the weekday on NSDateComponents seems to do nothing.
>>
>> Matters are complicated by the fact that two of the three format specifiers for weekday name use the "local" weekday number, which can vary by locale.
>>
>> Any suggestions? I could just roll my own and localize it, but I'd rather just use what the OS provides.
>>
>> The only other thing I can think to do is start with a known date for, say, Sunday, and add to that the weekday number I have, and the convert that date to a string formatted as a weekday name.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --
>> Rick
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> Cocoa-dev mailing list (email@hidden)
>>
>> Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list.
>> Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com
>>
>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
>>
>> This email sent to email@hidden
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Cocoa-dev mailing list (email@hidden)
>
> Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list.
> Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com
>
> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
>
> This email sent to email@hidden

_______________________________________________

Cocoa-dev mailing list (email@hidden)

Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list.
Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com

Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:

This email sent to email@hidden

References: 
 >Getting weekday name from weekday number? (From: Rick Mann <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Getting weekday name from weekday number? (From: Dave DeLong <email@hidden>)

  • Prev by Date: Re: Custom NSArrayController that manages its own array?
  • Next by Date: Re: Custom NSArrayController that manages its own array?
  • Previous by thread: Re: Getting weekday name from weekday number?
  • Next by thread: Source list groups hidden by default
  • Index(es):
    • Date
    • Thread