UILabels have Faint Borders - ios

Question

I thought the default was a border width of 0.0. So I'm surprised I'm seeing boarders around my UILabels. I even tried using a CALayer to set the border to 0.0 and to set it to white, but I still see faint outlines. Here's my code.
-(UIView *)calendarDay:(int)d date:(NSDate *)date width:(float)w height:(float)h
{
//d is the day number in the month of the 28/293 calendar. It should display in bold in the upper, left.
//date is the date of that day. It should display in the upper, right.
//w is the width of the UIView in which to insert the labels.
//h is the height of the UIView in which to insert the labels.
//First create an outer view with a red background color.
UIView *frameView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, w, h)];
[frameView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor redColor]];
//Next decrease the width and height slightly to make a smaller view that fits inside the larger one.
w = w*0.98;
h = h*0.98;
NSDateFormatter *dateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormat setDateFormat:#"MM-dd "];
UILabel *dayNumber = [[UILabel alloc] init];
dayNumber.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%2d",d];
dayNumber.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:16];
dayNumber.frame = CGRectMake(0,0,w/2,h/5);
dayNumber.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
UILabel *gregDate = [[UILabel alloc] init];
gregDate.text = [dateFormat stringFromDate:date];
gregDate.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentRight;
gregDate.frame = CGRectMake(w/2,0,w/2,h/5);
gregDate.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
Following three lines were an attempt to make the borders disappear. It made no difference.
CALayer *gregDateLayer = [gregDate layer];
[gregDateLayer setBorderColor:[[UIColor whiteColor] CGColor]];
[gregDateLayer setBorderWidth:0.0];
[gregDate setTextColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
CGRect dayRect = CGRectMake(0, 0, w, h);
UIView *dayToReturn = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:dayRect];
[dayToReturn setBackgroundColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
dayNumber.center = CGPointMake(w/4 ,h/4);
gregDate.center = CGPointMake(w*3/4,h/4);
[dayToReturn addSubview:dayNumber];
[dayToReturn addSubview:gregDate];
[frameView addSubview:dayToReturn];
dayToReturn.center = frameView.center;
return frameView;
}

Answer 1

I think that what you are thinking is a border is actually the background color of the UILabel.
Set the background color of your UILabels to [UIColor clearColor].