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user1973795

Reputation: 27

Missing Month Name between two dates

I am using this code

int unitFlags =  NSMonthCalendarUnit;   
NSDateComponents *comps = [gregorian components:unitFlags fromDate:startDate toDate:endDate options:0];    
int months = [comps month];

I want actually the name of the month which is missing any idea?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 283

Answers (1)

Anoop Vaidya
Anoop Vaidya

Reputation: 46543

I have solved this question in two ways, I don't know which one is better : (I am expecting people to comment on my answers)

As you want all the months name between start and end date, you can do as:

Method 1:

NSString *startString=@"23 Jun 2012";
NSString *endString=@"23 Dec 2013";

NSDateFormatter *dateFormatterDDMMMYYYY=[NSDateFormatter new];
[dateFormatterDDMMMYYYY setDateFormat:@"dd MMM yyyy"];

NSDate *startDate=[dateFormatterDDMMMYYYY dateFromString:startString];
NSDate *endDate=[dateFormatterDDMMMYYYY dateFromString:endString];

NSMutableArray *betweenMonths=[NSMutableArray new];
NSDate *tempDate=startDate;
while (tempDate<endDate) {
    NSDateFormatter *dateFormatterMMM=[NSDateFormatter new];
    [dateFormatterMMM setDateFormat:@"MMM"];
    NSString *monthName=[dateFormatterMMM stringFromDate:tempDate];
    [betweenMonths addObject:monthName];

    //tempDate is calculted after storing because you not need the last month.
    NSCalendar *calendar=[[NSCalendar alloc] initWithCalendarIdentifier:NSGregorianCalendar];
    NSDateComponents *components=[NSDateComponents new];
    components.month=1;
    tempDate=[calendar dateByAddingComponents:components toDate:tempDate options:0];
}
NSLog(@"Month Name : %@",betweenMonths);

Method 2:

NSString *startString=@"23 Jun 2012";
NSString *endString=@"23 Dec 2013";

NSDateFormatter *dateFormatterDDMMMYYYY=[NSDateFormatter new];
[dateFormatterDDMMMYYYY setDateFormat:@"dd MMM yyyy"];

NSDate *startDate=[dateFormatterDDMMMYYYY dateFromString:startString];
NSDate *endDate=[dateFormatterDDMMMYYYY dateFromString:endString];

NSInteger month = [[[NSCalendar currentCalendar] components: NSMonthCalendarUnit
                                                   fromDate: startDate
                                                     toDate: endDate
                                                    options: 0] month];

NSDateFormatter *dateFormatterMMM=[NSDateFormatter new];
[dateFormatterMMM setDateFormat:@"MMM"];
NSString *startMonth=[dateFormatterMMM stringFromDate:startDate];

NSArray *months=@[@"Jan",@"Feb",@"Mar",@"Apr",@"May",@"Jun",@"Jul",@"Aug",@"Sep",@"Oct",@"Nov",@"Dec"];

NSInteger startDateMonth=[months indexOfObject:startMonth];

for (NSInteger i=startDateMonth+1; i<startDateMonth+month; i++) {
    NSLog(@"Moths : %@",months[i%12]); //%12 for checking if i goes beyond 11, as endDate may be more then one year span long

}

Upvotes: 2

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