iphone how can i get month name from month number?

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How can I get month name from month number?

I have month number like 02, but would like the month as a string, in this case February.

duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4488373/ios-how-to-get-a-proper-month-name-from-a-number — phi, Feb 03 '11 at 15:00

ingh.am · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-22T15:38:10.453

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Something like this:

int monthNumber = 11;
NSString * dateString = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"%d", monthNumber];

NSDateFormatter* dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"MM"];
NSDate* myDate = [dateFormatter dateFromString:dateString];
[dateFormatter release];

NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[formatter setDateFormat:@"MMMM"];
NSString *stringFromDate = [formatter stringFromDate:myDate];
[formatter release];

NSLog(@"%@", stringFromDate);

edited Feb 22 '11 at 15:38

answered Feb 03 '11 at 15:10

ingh.am

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should be [formatter release]; instead of second [dateFormatter release]; – OgreSwamp Feb 22 '11 at 15:34
so it should! was just a cut and paste jobby :p – ingh.am Feb 22 '11 at 15:38
How can I get the month with another langage? – Ne AS Jul 31 '17 at 15:26
@Llg This should help you: https://stackoverflow.com/a/8253250/143979 – ingh.am Aug 04 '17 at 14:27

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited May 02 '16 at 16:05

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You can use the monthSymbols array in NSDateFormatter, and then access that array by the key of the month number

edited May 02 '16 at 16:05

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answered Feb 03 '11 at 15:00

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That's a tad unnecessary :p – ingh.am Feb 03 '11 at 15:43
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why do you need to invent the wheel again =) NSDateFormatter has monthSymbols array – Ilker Baltaci Feb 08 '14 at 11:20
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technically it would look a lot cleaner than the accepted answer – quemeful Mar 17 '16 at 12:15

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