iOS Swift converting calendar component int month to medium style string month

You can use DateFormatter as follow:

extension Formatter {    static let monthMedium: DateFormatter = {        let formatter = DateFormatter()        formatter.dateFormat = "LLL"        return formatter    }()    static let hour12: DateFormatter = {        let formatter = DateFormatter()        formatter.dateFormat = "h"        return formatter    }()    static let minute0x: DateFormatter = {        let formatter = DateFormatter()        formatter.dateFormat = "mm"        return formatter    }()    static let amPM: DateFormatter = {        let formatter = DateFormatter()        formatter.dateFormat = "a"        return formatter    }()}extension Date {    var monthMedium: String  { return Formatter.monthMedium.string(from: self) }    var hour12:  String      { return Formatter.hour12.string(from: self) }    var minute0x: String     { return Formatter.minute0x.string(from: self) }    var amPM: String         { return Formatter.amPM.string(from: self) }}

let date = Date()let dateMonth  = date.monthMedium  // "May"let dateHour   = date.hour12       // "1"let dateMinute = date.minute0x     // "18"let dateAmPm = date.amPM           // "PM"

NSDateFormatter has monthSymbols, shortMonthSymbols and veryShortSymbols properties.

So try this:

let dateFormatter: NSDateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()let months = dateFormatter.shortMonthSymbolslet monthSymbol = months[month-1] as! String // month - from your date componentsprintln(monthSymbol)

I am adding three types. Have a look.        //Todays Date        let todayDate = NSDate()        let calendar = NSCalendar(identifier: NSCalendarIdentifierGregorian)!        let components = calendar.components(.CalendarUnitYear | .CalendarUnitMonth | .CalendarUnitDay, fromDate: todayDate)        var (year, month, date) = (components.year, components.month, components.day)        println("YEAR: \(year)  MONTH: \(month) DATE: \(date)")        //Making a X mas Yr        let morningOfChristmasComponents = NSDateComponents()        morningOfChristmasComponents.year = 2014        morningOfChristmasComponents.month = 12        morningOfChristmasComponents.day = 25        morningOfChristmasComponents.hour = 7        morningOfChristmasComponents.minute = 0        morningOfChristmasComponents.second = 0        let morningOfChristmas = NSCalendar.currentCalendar().dateFromComponents(morningOfChristmasComponents)!        let formatter = NSDateFormatter()        formatter.dateStyle = NSDateFormatterStyle.LongStyle        formatter.timeStyle = .MediumStyle        let dateString = formatter.stringFromDate(morningOfChristmas)        print("dateString : \(dateString)")        //Current month - complete name        let dateFormatter: NSDateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()        let months = dateFormatter.monthSymbols        let monthSymbol = months[month-1] as! String        println("monthSymbol  : \(monthSymbol)")Print Results:YEAR: 2015  MONTH: 10 DATE: 9dateString : December 25, 2014 at 7:00:00 AMmonthSymbol  : October