Showing an abbreviated Current Day in Widget

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Created Jul ’20

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Hi all,
How can one show thew current day? I tried using the normal dateformatter option, but it doesn't seem to work. Below is my code:

Code Block struct CPClockWidgetEntryView : View {
  
  static var dateformatter: DateFormatter =
    {
      // Get Current Date:
      let dateformatter = DateFormatter()
      dateformatter.dateStyle = .medium
      
      // Get Day of Week:
      let theWeekday = Calendar(identifier: .gregorian)
      let currentDay = theWeekday.component(.weekday, from: Date())
      return dateformatter
    }()
  
    var currentDate = Date()
    var currentDay = Date()
  
  var entry: Provider.Entry
  
   var body: some View {
    
    
    
    ZStack {
      
      Color.black
      
        .edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.all)
      
    VStack {
            Text("Today Is:")
              .background(Color.black)
              .foregroundColor(Color.white)
              .font(.custom("DIN Alternate-Bold", size: 25))
              .multilineTextAlignment(.center)
      
            
            let dateTimeString = PlaceholderView.CPClockWidgetEntryView.dateformatter.string(from: currentDate)
            Text("\(dateTimeString)")
            .background(Color.black)
            .foregroundColor(Color.white)
            .font(.custom("DIN Alternate-Bold", size: 30))
            .multilineTextAlignment(.center)
      
            let dateTimeString2 = PlaceholderView.CPClockWidgetEntryView.dateformatter.string(from: currentDay)
      
            Text("\(dateTimeString2)")
            .background(Color.black)
            .foregroundColor(Color.white)
            .font(.custom("DIN Alternate-Bold", size: 30))
            .multilineTextAlignment(.center)
}
      
    }
    
   }
  
}

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Answer 1

jcgoforth OP

Aug ’20

Code Block var weekday = Calendar.current.component(.weekday, from: Date())
var weekDayString = Calendar.current.shortWeekdaySymbols[weekday - 1]

Note that the value in weekday is 1-based (1-7) while the symbols array is 0-based (0-6). There are several different arrays to choose from depending on the exact usage you are looking for.

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