Get day of week using NSDate

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Swift 3 & 4

Retrieving the day of the week’s number is dramatically simplified in Swift 3 because DateComponents is no longer optional. Here it is as an extension:

extension Date {
    func dayNumberOfWeek() -> Int? {
        return Calendar.current.dateComponents([.weekday], from: self).weekday 
    }
}

// returns an integer from 1 - 7, with 1 being Sunday and 7 being Saturday
print(Date().dayNumberOfWeek()!) // 4

If you were looking for the written, localized version of the day of week:

extension Date {
    func dayOfWeek() -> String? {
        let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
        dateFormatter.dateFormat = "EEEE"
        return dateFormatter.string(from: self).capitalized 
        // or use capitalized(with: locale) if you want
    }
}

print(Date().dayOfWeek()!) // Wednesday

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