Swift 3 - Comparing Date Objects

Swift 3 - Comparing Date objects

I have tried this snippet (in Xcode 8 Beta 6), and it is working fine.

let date1 = Date()
let date2 = Date().addingTimeInterval(100)

if date1 == date2 { ... }
else if date1 > date2 { ... }
else if date1 < date2 { ... }

How can i compare two dates (NSDate) in Swift 3 and get the days between them?

Simply make extension of Date like this and get difference in days.

extension Date {
    func daysBetweenDate(toDate: Date) -> Int {
        let components = Calendar.current.dateComponents([.day], from: self, to: toDate)
        return components.day ?? 0
    }
}

Now use this extension like this

let numOfDays = fromDate.daysBetweenDate(toDate: toDate)

You can use DateFormatter to convert String to Date like this.

let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "dd-MM-yyyy"
dateFormatter.timeZone = TimeZone(abbreviation: "GMT")
let date = dateFormatter.date(from: "18-11-2016")

Comparing two dates in swift in order to check if a day has gone by

Your code cannot work.

The logic is supposed to be:

• Get the day from UserDefaults,
• Compare it to the current day.
• If the values are not equal save the new day to UserDefaults

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class UserInfoViewController: UIViewController {

    override func viewDidLoad() {
       super.viewDidLoad()

       let dateToday = Calendar.current.component(.day, from: Date())
       let dateToCompare = UserDefaults.standard.integer(forKey: "userDefaultDate")
       if dateToCompare != dateToCompare {
           UserDefaults.standard.set(dateToday, forKey: "userDefaultDate")
           resetLabel.isHidden = false
        } else {
           resetLabel.isHidden = true
        }
    }
}

Note:

Never use value(forKey: with UserDefaults.

There are many convenience methods and for objects use object(forKey:

Edit

It's more reliable to save the Date object and compare using isDateInToday of Calendar

class UserInfoViewController: UIViewController {

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        let dateToday = Date()
        let calendar = Calendar.current
        let dateToCompare = UserDefaults.standard.object(forKey: "userDefaultDate") as? Date ?? Date.distantPast
        if calendar.isDateInToday(dateToCompare) {
            resetLabel.isHidden = true
        } else {
            UserDefaults.standard.set(dateToday, forKey: "userDefaultDate")
            resetLabel.isHidden = false
        }
    }
}

Compare only time difference in Date objects

You can use Calendar to extract the DateComponents and then combine the day, month, and year from one with the hour, minute, and second of the other into another Date object. Then you can compare the two Date objects that share the same date using the well documented methods.

For example, given date1 and date2, we can calculate date3 with date of date1, but time of date2. We can then compare date1 to this new date3:

let calendar = Calendar.current
let components2 = calendar.dateComponents([.hour, .minute, .second], from: date2)
let date3 = calendar.date(bySettingHour: components2.hour!, minute: components2.minute!, second: components2.second!, of: date1)!

Then, to get the number of minutes between date1 and date3:

let minutes = calendar.dateComponents([.minute], from: date1, to: date3).minute!

Or hours and minutes:

let difference = calendar.dateComponents([.hour, .minute], from: date1, to: date3)
let hours = difference.hour!
let minutes = difference.minute!

Or, if you want to show this to the user, you'd often use DateComponentsFormatter to get a nice, localized string representation:

let formatter = DateComponentsFormatter()
formatter.unitsStyle = .full
formatter.allowedUnits = [.hour, .minute]  // or [.minute]
let string = formatter.string(from: date1, to: date3)!

Swift: Compare date by days

Details

• Xcode 11.5 (11E608c), Swift 5.1

Idea

base on usage dateComponents(_:from:to:) function

Solution

import Foundation

extension Date {

    func fullDistance(from date: Date, resultIn component: Calendar.Component, calendar: Calendar = .current) -> Int? {
        calendar.dateComponents([component], from: self, to: date).value(for: component)
    }

    func distance(from date: Date, only component: Calendar.Component, calendar: Calendar = .current) -> Int {
        let days1 = calendar.component(component, from: self)
        let days2 = calendar.component(component, from: date)
        return days1 - days2
    }

    func hasSame(_ component: Calendar.Component, as date: Date) -> Bool {
        distance(from: date, only: component) == 0
    }
}

Full Sample

Do not forget to put here the Solution code (look above)

var dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "dd-MM-yyyy hh:mm:ss"
//dateFormatter.timeZone = TimeZone(secondsFromGMT: 0)

let smallerDate = dateFormatter.date(from: "01-01-2012 00:05:01")!
let biggerDate  = dateFormatter.date(from: "03-12-2019 09:30:01")!

print(smallerDate.fullDistance(from: biggerDate, resultIn: .day))       // Optional(2893)
print(biggerDate.fullDistance(from: smallerDate, resultIn: .day))       // Optional(-2893)
print(smallerDate.fullDistance(from: biggerDate, resultIn: .year))      // Optional(7)
print(biggerDate.fullDistance(from: smallerDate, resultIn: .year))      // Optional(7)
print(smallerDate.fullDistance(from: biggerDate, resultIn: .hour))      // Optional(69441)
print(biggerDate.fullDistance(from: smallerDate, resultIn: .hour))      // Optional(-69441)

print(smallerDate.distance(from: biggerDate, only: .day))               // -2
print(biggerDate.distance(from: smallerDate, only: .day))               // 2
print(smallerDate.distance(from: biggerDate, only: .year))              // -7
print(biggerDate.distance(from: smallerDate, only: .year))              // 7
print(smallerDate.distance(from: biggerDate, only: .hour))              // -9
print(biggerDate.distance(from: smallerDate, only: .hour))              // 9

print(smallerDate.hasSame(.day, as: biggerDate))                        // false
print(biggerDate.hasSame(.second, as: smallerDate))                     // true

How do you compare just the time of a Date in Swift?

This is the route I took in the end, which makes it easy to compare just the time of a Date in swift

New Object Time:

class Time: Comparable, Equatable {
init(_ date: Date) {
    //get the current calender
    let calendar = Calendar.current

    //get just the minute and the hour of the day passed to it
    let dateComponents = calendar.dateComponents([.hour, .minute], from: date)

        //calculate the seconds since the beggining of the day for comparisions
        let dateSeconds = dateComponents.hour! * 3600 + dateComponents.minute! * 60

        //set the varibles
        secondsSinceBeginningOfDay = dateSeconds
        hour = dateComponents.hour!
        minute = dateComponents.minute!
    }

    init(_ hour: Int, _ minute: Int) {
        //calculate the seconds since the beggining of the day for comparisions
        let dateSeconds = hour * 3600 + minute * 60

        //set the varibles
        secondsSinceBeginningOfDay = dateSeconds
        self.hour = hour
        self.minute = minute
    }

    var hour : Int
    var minute: Int

    var date: Date {
        //get the current calender
        let calendar = Calendar.current

        //create a new date components.
        var dateComponents = DateComponents()

        dateComponents.hour = hour
        dateComponents.minute = minute

        return calendar.date(byAdding: dateComponents, to: Date())!
    }

    /// the number or seconds since the beggining of the day, this is used for comparisions
    private let secondsSinceBeginningOfDay: Int

    //comparisions so you can compare times
    static func == (lhs: Time, rhs: Time) -> Bool {
        return lhs.secondsSinceBeginningOfDay == rhs.secondsSinceBeginningOfDay
    }

    static func < (lhs: Time, rhs: Time) -> Bool {
        return lhs.secondsSinceBeginningOfDay < rhs.secondsSinceBeginningOfDay
    }

    static func <= (lhs: Time, rhs: Time) -> Bool {
        return lhs.secondsSinceBeginningOfDay <= rhs.secondsSinceBeginningOfDay
    }


    static func >= (lhs: Time, rhs: Time) -> Bool {
        return lhs.secondsSinceBeginningOfDay >= rhs.secondsSinceBeginningOfDay
    }


    static func > (lhs: Time, rhs: Time) -> Bool {
        return lhs.secondsSinceBeginningOfDay > rhs.secondsSinceBeginningOfDay
    }
}

Date Extension for easy access:
//Adds ability to just get the time from a date:

extension Date {
    var time: Time {
        return Time(self)
    }
}

Example:

let firstDate = Date()
let secondDate = firstDate

//Will return true
let timeEqual = firstDate.time == secondDate.time

Compare Date to String Date Value Swift

There is a better way to check if two dates are in the same day

let currentDate = Date()
let selectedDate = Date()
if Calendar.current.isDate(currentDate, inSameDayAs: selectedDate) {
    print("yes")
} else {
    print("no")
}

How to determine date falls in between two dates swift

If you have Date objects, they are Comparable and Equatable. You can write code like:

if breakDate >= startDate && breakDate <= endDate then {
   // breakDate is between startDate and endDate
}

Edit:

As pointed out by LeoDabus in the comments, you could also use the pattern match operator (although I personally don't like it)

if startDate ... endDate ~= breakDate then {
   // breakDate is between startDate and endDate
}

or contains:

if (startDate...endDate).contains(breakDate) then {
   // breakDate is between startDate and endDate
}

If you have date strings, create a date formatter that converts your date strings to Date objects, then use code like the above.

If the date strings are always in "Internet" date format (ISO 8601), and you are certain they will always be in the same time zone, you can also use string comparison and compare the date strings directly (using any of the above forms of comparison, except maybe contains?)

How to compare array of dates (Strings) with single date in swift 3

let clickedStr = TotalDaysServerArray[indexPath.row] 
let str =  clickedStr.components(separatedBy: " ").first
 for(index , value) in datesFromDBArray.enumerated() {
            if str == value.components(separatedBy: " ").first! {
                print(ActionsDBArray[index])
            }
       }

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