Question

I receive two strings: “from”=”12:30” and “to”=”14:30” which are two NSString objects.
I’d like to check if the current time is between the two received ones.
What’s the best way to do this?
Thanks.

Answer 1

Get the hours/minutes components from the input date:

NSCalendar *gregorianCal = [[NSCalendar alloc] initWithCalendarIdentifier:NSGregorianCalendar];
NSDateComponents *dataComps = [gregorianCal components: (NSHourCalendarUnit | NSMinuteCalendarUnit) fromDate:yourDate];

NSInteger minutes = [dateComps minute];
NSInteger hours = [dateComps hour];

Then split the time string and compare the minutes and hours. Another way is to convert the strings to NSDates and compare the dates.