get Week Day by Passing Date as String -- iOS

- (int)getWeekDay:(NSString*)date

{

    NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];

    [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"dd-MMMM-yyyy"];

    NSDate *date1 = [dateFormatter dateFromString:date];

    

    NSCalendar* cal = [NSCalendar currentCalendar];

    NSDateComponents* comp = [cal components:NSCalendarUnitWeekday fromDate:date1];

    return [comp weekday]; // 1 - sunday etc.... 

}