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iOS: How to get a proper Month name from a number?

I know that the NSDateformatter suite of functionality is a boon for mankind, but at the same time it is very confusing to me. I hope you can help me out.

Somewhere in my code, there is an int representing a month. So: 1 would be January, 2 February, etc.

In my user interface, I would like to display this integer as proper month name. Moreover, it should adhere to the locale of the device.

Thank you for your insights

In the mean time, I have done the following:

int monthNumber = 11
NSString * dateString = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"%d", monthNumber];

NSDateFormatter* dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"MM"];
NSDate* myDate = [dateFormatter dateFromString:dateString];
[dateFormatter release];

NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[formatter setDateFormat:@"MMMM"];
NSString *stringFromDate = [formatter stringFromDate:myDate];
[formatter release];

is this the way to do it? It seems a bit wordy.

Solution

  • Another option is to use the monthSymbols method:

    int monthNumber = 11;   //November
NSDateFormatter *df = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];
NSString *monthName = [[df monthSymbols] objectAtIndex:(monthNumber-1)];

    Note that you'll need to subtract 1 from your 1..12 monthNumber since monthSymbols is zero-based.