How to get the day of the week from a date in Swift

Question

I can print the date in this format: Mon, Mar 19, 2018, but I am not sure how to get the Day of the week in this format.

Please help

Answer 1

let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
// uncomment to enforce the US locale
// dateFormatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "en-US") 
dateFormatter.setLocalizedDateFormatFromTemplate("EEE MMM d yyyy")
print(dateFormatter.string(from: Date())) // "Tue, Mar 20, 2018" for en-US locale

Note that I am using a template to provide the exact format, therefore the format will be properly localized in every language.

Answer 2

To get the day for a particular date:

let customDateFormatter = DateFormatter()

print(customDateFormatter.weekdaySymbols[Calendar.current.component(.weekday, from: Date())])

// "Wednesday"

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