Comparing two dates with nsdate

Question

In my app I have to compare two times: current (which is 12:44) and given I tried:

NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatte         


        

Answer 1

it means that in your case, neededDate is always higher than the current date. this is probably because you store a 48 hour string in a 24 hour format. change the string to HH:mm

also, verify the value you store in neededDate.

here's a small example

NSDate *neededDate = [[NSDate date] dateByAddingTimeInterval:5];
    if ([neededDate compare:[NSDate date]] == NSOrderedAscending) {
        NSLog(@"asc");
    } else {
        NSLog(@"dec");
    }

in this case, dec will be printed.