grab date in format "Wednesday, the 13th July, 2015", find other formats here: http://waracle.net/iphone-nsdateformatter-date-formatting-table/

dataGrabber.m

    NSDate *date = [NSDate date];
    
    NSDateFormatter *monthDayFormatter = [NSDateFormatter new];
    [monthDayFormatter setDateFormat:@"F"];
    int date_day = [[monthDayFormatter stringFromDate:date] intValue];
    
    NSString *suffix_string = @"|st|nd|rd|th|th|th|th|th|th|th|th|th|th|th|th|th|th|th|th|th|st|nd|rd|th|th|th|th|th|th|th|st";
    NSArray *suffixes = [suffix_string componentsSeparatedByString: @"|"];
    NSString *suffix = [suffixes objectAtIndex:date_day];
    
    NSDateFormatter *firstPart = [NSDateFormatter new];
    [firstPart setDateFormat:@"EEEE, F"];
    NSString *firstStr = [firstPart stringFromDate:date];
    
    NSDateFormatter *secondPart = [NSDateFormatter new];
    [secondPart setDateFormat:@" MMMM, yyyy"];
    NSString *secondStr = [secondPart stringFromDate:date];
    
    NSString *dateString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%@%@",firstStr,suffix,secondStr];
    NSLog(@"%@", dateString);