Unfortunately I think I'm seeing Chris Suter's point. I say "unfortunately" because it seems that the results are completely useless, and it makes me question whether NSCalendar is worth bothering with. I can follow the logic of why the results are as they are, what I can't do is think of any reason it's not stupid to design the API that way. Chris, can you suggest a situation where the results you describe would be a useful thing to get?