Compare two time values in ios? [duplicate]

Answer 1

Use the following code to do the convert from the nsstring to nsdate and compare them.

NSString *time1 = @"08:15:12";
NSString *time2 = @"18:12:08";

NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[formatter setDateFormat:@"HH:mm:ss"];

NSDate *date1= [formatter dateFromString:time1];
NSDate *date2 = [formatter dateFromString:time2];

NSComparisonResult result = [date1 compare:date2];
if(result == NSOrderedDescending)
{
    NSLog(@"date1 is later than date2"); 
}
else if(result == NSOrderedAscending)
{
    NSLog(@"date2 is later than date1"); 
}
else
{
    NSLog(@"date1 is equal to date2");
}