         return valueForComponent(.Weekday)
     }
 
-    ///
+    /// The ordinal number of weekday units for the receiver.
+    /// Weekday ordinal units represent the position of the weekday within the next larger calendar unit,
+    ///     such as the month. For example, 2 is the weekday ordinal unit for the second Friday of the month.
+    ///
+    /// - note: This value is interpreted in the context of the calendar with which it is used
+    ///
+    public var weekdayOrdinal: Int? {
+        return valueForComponent(.WeekdayOrdinal)
+    }
+
     /// The number of quarter units for the receiver.
     /// Weekday ordinal units represent the position of the weekday within the next larger calendar unit,
     ///     such as the month. For example, 2 is the weekday ordinal unit for the second Friday of the month.

        return valueForComponent(.WeekOfMonth)
    }

}

// MARK: - CustomStringConvertable delegate

    /// Returns a full description of the class
    ///
    public var description: String {
        var descriptor: [String] = []

        let dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
        dateFormatter.dateFormat = "eee dd-MMM-yyyy GG HH:mm:ss.SSS zzz"
        dateFormatter.calendar = calendar
        dateFormatter.timeZone = timeZone
        descriptor.append("Date \(dateFormatter.stringFromDate(self.date))")

        descriptor.append("Calendar: \(calendar.description)")
        descriptor.append("Time zone: \(timeZone.description)")

        return descriptor.joinWithSeparator("\n")
    }

}
