How to get the specific date in iOS?

Question

I'm working on a project where I have labels and images that change on a daily basis. My idea on how to go about this is I add assets for the images and have multiple files where I take the text (that contains the quote).

Two questions:

Is there a better way of approaching this? (I'm fairly new to iOS, so I'm wondering if this is sound).
How can I take the current day as in: May 22? (I just want to know how to get "22").

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sonique · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-23T04:20:08.647

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you need to use NSDate

// Option 1
let date = NSDate() // today
let dateStringFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
dateStringFormatter.dateFormat = "dd"
let d = dateStringFormatter.stringFromDate(date)
// d = "22"

// Option 2
let d = NSCalendar.currentCalendar().component(.Day, fromDate: NSDate()) // thanks Leo-Dabus

Reference: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/Classes/NSDateFormatter_Class/

edited May 23 '16 at 04:20

answered May 23 '16 at 02:09

sonique

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Im getting error messages from this, is their anything I need to import? – Nick3150 May 23 '16 at 02:12
maybe `UIKit` (it's what I imported), also remove `!` on the last line – sonique May 23 '16 at 02:22
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None of this code requires UIKit. These classes are in Foundation. – rmaddy May 23 '16 at 02:26
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@Nick3150 `NSCalendar.currentCalendar().component(.Day, fromDate: NSDate())` – Leo Dabus May 23 '16 at 03:43

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

Try taking a look at this stackoverflow link on getting the current date.

How to get the current time as datetime

According to noliv in the article you should be able do :

let date = NSDate()
let calendar = NSCalendar.currentCalendar()
let components = calendar.components(.CalendarUnitHour | .CalendarUnitMinute, fromDate: date)
let hour = components.hour
let minutes = components.minute

Hope this helps

How to get the specific date in iOS?

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