iOS: How to get a proper Month name from a number?

Another option is to use the monthSymbols method:

int monthNumber = 11;   //NovemberNSDateFormatter *df = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];NSString *monthName = [[df monthSymbols] objectAtIndex:(monthNumber-1)];

Note that you'll need to subtract 1 from your 1..12 monthNumber since monthSymbols is zero-based.

Swift 2.0

let monthName = NSDateFormatter().monthSymbols[monthNumber - 1]

Swift 4.0

let monthName = DateFormatter().monthSymbols[monthNumber - 1]

You can change the dateFormat of the NSDateFormatter. So to simplify your code:

int monthNumber = 11NSString * dateString = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"%d", monthNumber];NSDateFormatter* dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"MM"];NSDate* myDate = [dateFormatter dateFromString:dateString];[formatter setDateFormat:@"MMMM"];NSString *stringFromDate = [formatter stringFromDate:myDate];[dateFormatter release];

You should also set the locale once you init the date formatter.

dateFormatter.locale = [NSLocale currentLocale]; // Or any other locale

Hope this helps