- Use
NSDateFormatter
to convert the date strings into NSDate
objects.
- Call
-[NSDate timeIntervalSinceDate:]
to get the difference between the two dates in seconds.
- Divide by 60 to get the difference in minutes.
Alternatively, you can use NSCalendar
and NSDateComponents
to calculate the difference in minutes for different calendars by using the components:fromDate:toDate:options:
method.