问题描述
I have two dates: 2009-05-11 and the current date. I want to check whether the given date is the current date or not. How is this possible.
Cocoa has couple of methods for this:
in NSDate
– isEqualToDate:
– earlierDate:
– laterDate:
– compare:
When you use - (NSComparisonResult)compare:(NSDate *)anotherDate ,you get back one of these:
The receiver and anotherDate are exactly equal to each other, NSOrderedSame
The receiver is later in time than anotherDate, NSOrderedDescending
The receiver is earlier in time than anotherDate, NSOrderedAscending.
example:
NSDate * now = [NSDate date];
NSDate * mile = [[NSDate alloc] initWithString:@"2001-03-24 10:45:32 +0600"];
NSComparisonResult result = [now compare:mile];
NSLog(@"%@", now);
NSLog(@"%@", mile);
switch (result)
{
case NSOrderedAscending: NSLog(@"%@ is in future from %@", mile, now); break;
case NSOrderedDescending: NSLog(@"%@ is in past from %@", mile, now); break;
case NSOrderedSame: NSLog(@"%@ is the same as %@", mile, now); break;
default: NSLog(@"erorr dates %@, %@", mile, now); break;
}
[mile release];