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Using DateFormatter to return iOS lock screen date style

There seem to be five date styles for the DateFormatter class: none, short, medium, long, and full. However, none of these seem to return the lock screen date style, which is as follows:

Tuesday, 6 June

Using DateFormatter's .long style returns the year as well:

Tuesday, 6 June 2017

Additionally, this lock screen date style will change with the current localization/regional settings.

Is there a way to return the date, à la iOS lock screen date style (along with localizational changes)?

Solution

  • You can get the localized format for any combination of date components:

    let date = Date()
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.setLocalizedDateFormatFromTemplate("EEEE MMMM d")

print(dateFormatter.string(from: date)) // Friday, 4 August

    In Spanish:

    let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "es")
dateFormatter.setLocalizedDateFormatFromTemplate("EEEE MMMM d")

print(dateFormatter.string(from: date)) // viernes, 4 de agosto

    Note how the order of components has been automatically changed and correct separators inserted.