Declaration.
- (id)initWithCalendarIdentifier:(NSString *)string
Parameters
- string
- The identifier for the new calendar. For valid identifiers, see
NSLocale.
NSString * const NSGregorianCalendar; NSString * const NSBuddhistCalendar; NSString * const NSChineseCalendar; NSString * const NSHebrewCalendar; NSString * const NSIslamicCalendar; NSString * const NSIslamicCivilCalendar; NSString * const NSJapaneseCalendar; NSString * const NSRepublicOfChinaCalendar; NSString * const NSPersianCalendar; NSString * const NSIndianCalendar; NSString * const NSISO8601Calendar;
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[NSCalendar initWithCalendarIdentifier example]
NSDate *today = [NSDate date];
NSDateFormatter *dateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormat setDateFormat:@"MM/dd/yyyy :EEEE"];
NSString *dateString = [dateFormat stringFromDate:today];
NSLog(@"date: %@", dateString);
[dateFormat release];
NSCalendar *gregorian = [[NSCalendar alloc] initWithCalendarIdentifier:NSGregorianCalendar];
NSDateComponents *components = [gregorian components:NSWeekdayCalendarUnit | NSYearCalendarUnit | NSMonthCalendarUnit | NSDayCalendarUnit fromDate:today];
[components setDay:([components day]-([components weekday]-1))];
NSDate *beginningOfWeek = [gregorian dateFromComponents:components];
NSDateFormatter *dateFormat_first = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormat_first setDateFormat:@"MM/dd/yyyy :EEEE"];
NSString *dateString_first = [dateFormat_first stringFromDate:beginningOfWeek];
NSLog(@"First_date: %@", dateString_first);