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Hebrew NSCalendar seems to give wrong month order


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Something is odd with Hebrew months when using NSCalendar - I type the following code:

let hebrewCalendar = NSCalendar(calendarIdentifier: NSCalendarIdentifierHebrew)

let birthOfJesusDateComponents = NSDateComponents()

birthOfJesusDateComponents.year = 3755   //either 5 or 6 B.C. is possible year of His birth, I chose 6

birthOfJesusDateComponents.month = 7     //this is where the problem arises - 15 Tishri (7th month) is His most likely birthday, but as you'll see below it will print Adar

birthOfJesusDateComponents.day = 15

birthOfJesusDateComponents.hour = 21     //just a guess - sometime at night

birthOfJesusDateComponents.minute = 0

birthOfJesusDateComponents.second = 0

birthOfJesus = hebrewCalendar!.dateFromComponents(birthOfJesusDateComponents)!

Then, later, I type:

let hebrew = NSCalendar(calendarIdentifier: NSCalendarIdentifierHebrew)

let formatter = NSDateFormatter()

formatter.calendar = hebrew

formatter.dateStyle = .FullStyle

formatter.timeStyle = .MediumStyle


println(formatter.stringFromDate(birthOfJesus))

And I get as an output:

 

Friday, 15 Adar 3755 at 21:00:00

 

But here's the catch, Adar is NOT the 7th month of the Hebrew calendar, Tishri is. The Hebrew months have not changed since ancient times, so I know it should be Tishri, does anyone know what's going on here?

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