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Asked: 2026-06-17T00:15:15+00:00

I want to create a reminder from my app, so I’ve created a reminder

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I want to create a reminder from my app, so I’ve created a reminder (EKReminder) and set up an alarm:

NSTimeInterval timeInterval = 100000;
NSDate *alarmDate = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:timeInterval];
EKAlarm *alarm = [EKAlarm alarmWithAbsoluteDate:alarmDate];
[reminder setAlarms:@[alarm]];

but I see there is also a dueDateComponents property on EKReminder. What is the difference between setting an alarm and the dueDateComponents?

Also there there is a method to create an alarm: alarmWithRelativeOffset:(NSTimeInterval)offset but the docs say the offset argument can be negative, how is it possible to have an alarm in the past?

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  1. Editorial Team

    a EKReminder item is kind of like a task on a todo list with an optional start date and due date, the dueDateComponents property allows you to specify when a task should be completed. It’ll allow you to show overdue items for example. This is informational and is separate from an alarm.

    Setting an alarm on a reminder will cause the Reminders app to notify the user when the alarm goes off.

    I guess this is slightly confusing because the Reminders app doesn’t appear to let you set a due date, only an alarm date. However on this blog post it shows how you used to be able to set a due date but no reminder date on icloud.com: http://blog.truthdialogue.com/2012/07/setting-due-dates-in-the-os-x-mountain-lion-reminders-app.html. It looks as if Apple have simplified the apps since the API was developed.

    The offset for alarmWithRelativeOffset: is from the start date/time of an event. So you can set an alarm to go off x minutes before an event for example.

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