---
title: Day 16
author: Daniel Devesa Derksen-Staats
date: 2022-06-03 09:00
tags: accessibilityLabel, iOS
categories: ["Accessibility"]
series: ["365 Days iOS Accessibility"]
image: /Images/365DaysIOSAccessibility/image179.jpg
---

Two more examples on better accessibility labels for abbreviations. "4 days ago" is better than "4 D", with a RelativeDateTimeFormatter and a spellOut units style. "Monday" is better than "Mon", accessing the weekdaySymbols from a Calendar.

![Apple Watch drawing showing the example from the tweet. Code showing how you can get a readable version for VoiceOver by using a RelativeDateFormatter with a spell out unit style and the weekdaySymbols array from a calendar.](/Images/365DaysIOSAccessibility/image179.jpg)

Some useful links:
Relative Date Time Formatter: [https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/relativedatetimeformatter](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/relativedatetimeformatter)
Units Style: [https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/relativedatetimeformatter/unitsstyle-swift.enum/spellout](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/relativedatetimeformatter/unitsstyle-swift.enum/spellout)
Weekday symbols: [https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/calendar/weekdaysymbols](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/calendar/weekdaysymbols)