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# calendar

The calendar to use for formatting values that don’t have an inherent calendar of their own.

```
var calendar: Calendar! { get set }
```

## Discussion

Defaults to [`autoupdatingCurrent`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/autoupdatingCurrent). If you set this property to `nil`, the formatter resets to using [`autoupdatingCurrent`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/autoupdatingCurrent).

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