Question

I have following code, where I’m comparing two string but its throwing exception.

- (void)calendarMonthView:(TKCalendarMonthView *)monthView didSelectDate:(NSDate *)d {
NSLog(@"calendarMonthView didSelectDate %@",d);
//[self papulateTable];
//[table reloadData];
 //[self performSelector:@selector(papulateTable) withObject:nil afterDelay:1.0];
NSString *tempDate = (NSString*)d;
NSString *selectedDate = @"2013-02-04 00:00:00 +0000";
if([tempDate isEqualToString:selectedDate])
{
  flagtoCheckSelectedCalendarDate = 1;
}
if(flagtoCheckSelectedCalendarDate == 1)
{
    [self viewDidLoad];
}
if(flagtoCheckSelectedCalendarDate == 2)
{
    [self viewDidLoad];
}
//[table reloadData];

}

Could any one please suggest.Thanks.

Answer 1

Casting an NSDate object to NSString does not make it a string. To compare dates, you’re going to have to transform the NSString into an NSDate using an NSDateFormatter. After that, you can use NSDate’s instance method isEqualToDate: for your comparison.

NSString *selectedDate = @"2013-02-04 00:00:00 +0000";
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneWithAbbreviation:@"UTC"]];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-DD hh:mm:ss ZZZZ"];
NSDate *actualDate = [dateFormatter dateFromString:selectedDate];


if ([actualDate isEqualToDate:d]) {
   ...
}