Using Localised Weekday Name Strings

weekday.m

- (NSString *)localizedWeekdayStringForDate:(NSDate *)date {
    // We first get the index  of the weekday from NSDateComponents
    NSCalendar *calendar = [NSCalendar currentCalendar];
    NSDateComponents *components = [calendar components:NSWeekdayCalendarUnit fromDate:date];
    // The weekdays start from Sunday and from index 1
    // 1 - Sunday, 2 - Monday ...
    int weekdayNumber = [components weekday];

    // We need an NSDateFormatter to have access to the localized weekday strings
    NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];

    // weekdaySymbols returns and array of strings. Keep in mind that they start from Sunday
    // 0 - Sunday, 1 - Monday, 2 - Tuesday ...
    NSString *weekdayString = [[formatter weekdaySymbols] objectAtIndex:weekdayNumber - 1];
    return weekdayString;
}