Question

I have 2 dates in the following format:

August 6, 2012

I am using the following code to attempt to determine which date is later:

NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
        [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"MMMM d, yyyy"];
        NSString *today = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]];
        NSLog(@"%@", today);
        NSDate *todayDate = [dateFormatter dateFromString:today];

        NSLog(@"TodayDate: %@", todayDate);
        for (Job *j in appDelegate.jobs){
            if ([j.dueDate laterDate:todayDate]){
                [jobsToDisplay addObject:j];
            }
        }

However this code does not work, it seems to return dates that are a day + 1 hour behind what they should be. Can anyone explain what I need to do here?

Thanks a lot,

Tysin

Answer 1

You can use compare: instance method of NSDate

//If j.dueDate = today
if ([j.dueDate compare:todayDate] == NSOrderedSame) {
        return YES;
    }
//j.dueDate is latest
    else if ([j.dueDate compare:todayDate] == NSOrderedDescending) {
        return YES;
    }

For more Detail https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/Classes/NSDate_Class/Reference/Reference.html

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/Miscellaneous/Foundation_Constants/Reference/reference.html#//apple_ref/doc/c_ref/NSComparisonResult