How can i get next date using NSDate?

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How can i get next date using NSDate. Please send me the solution.

You should mark one of the answers below correct if you feel it answers your question. — Oh Danny Boy, Jul 07 '11 at 17:59

Massimo Cafaro · Answer 1 · 2012-12-11T06:33:21.643

In the following, yourDate represents your input NSDate; nextDate represents the next day.

// start by retrieving day, weekday, month and year components for yourDate
    NSCalendar *gregorian = [[NSCalendar alloc] initWithCalendarIdentifier:NSGregorianCalendar];
    NSDateComponents *todayComponents = [gregorian components:(NSDayCalendarUnit | NSMonthCalendarUnit | NSYearCalendarUnit) fromDate:yourDate];
    NSInteger theDay = [todayComponents day];
    NSInteger theMonth = [todayComponents month];
    NSInteger theYear = [todayComponents year];

    // now build a NSDate object for yourDate using these components
    NSDateComponents *components = [[NSDateComponents alloc] init];
    [components setDay:theDay]; 
    [components setMonth:theMonth]; 
    [components setYear:theYear];
    NSDate *thisDate = [gregorian dateFromComponents:components];
    [components release];

    // now build a NSDate object for the next day
    NSDateComponents *offsetComponents = [[NSDateComponents alloc] init];
    [offsetComponents setDay:1];
    NSDate *nextDate = [gregorian dateByAddingComponents:offsetComponents toDate:thisDate options:0];
    [offsetComponents release];
    [gregorian release];

Hi, Yeah this code's working Thanks a lot, Do you have any idea about how to get previous day(yesterday)? — Jai, Jul 04 '09 at 09:33
Changing [offsetComponents setDay:1] to be setDay:-1 results in subtracting a day instead of adding — rpetrich, Jul 04 '09 at 12:42
This also works when the next date moves from daylight savings to standard time. Try moving from 2011-11-06. Thanks @unforgiven. — johnnieb, Aug 10 '11 at 22:43
This code should crash because you are releasing components twice. — Francesco Puglisi, Apr 18 '12 at 09:01

score 34 · Answer 2 · answered May 11 '11 at 06:39

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NSDate *tomorrow = [NSDate dateWithTimeInterval:(24*60*60) sinceDate:[NSDate date]];

Much more easiest way..

answered May 11 '11 at 06:39

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This can give incorrect results when there is a Daylight Savings Time change in the range of dates. – progrmr May 31 '11 at 01:34
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Also when there is a leap second. – Andres Kievsky Mar 20 '13 at 07:24
This is not valid.. This will give date with same time after 24 hours. – Mrug Aug 12 '15 at 11:57
Also breaks if the user travels between time zones. – orkoden Jun 28 '16 at 10:10
It does not take care of the leap second as well. Hence it will break. – iosCurator Aug 09 '17 at 18:38
I take the points above but in some cases, e.g. when you just want a date in the future for testing, this is a simple solution. – Jim Holland Apr 12 '21 at 07:58

score 33 · Answer 3 · edited May 31 '11 at 01:32

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what about this methods ?

http://www.drobnik.com/touch/2009/05/adding-days-to-nsdate/

NSDate *now = [NSDate date];
int daysToAdd = 50;  // or 60 :-)

// set up date components
NSDateComponents *components = [[[NSDateComponents alloc] init] autorelease];
[components setDay:daysToAdd];

// create a calendar
NSCalendar *gregorian = [[[NSCalendar alloc] initWithCalendarIdentifier:NSGregorianCalendar] autorelease];

NSDate *newDate2 = [gregorian dateByAddingComponents:components toDate:now options:0];
NSLog(@"Clean: %@", newDate2);

edited May 31 '11 at 01:32

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answered Jun 03 '10 at 11:15

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**Much** better solution than the most upvoted in this topic – gabriel_vincent Aug 13 '13 at 18:39
Works like a breeze! – ATV Sep 13 '18 at 09:50
also useful `[NSCalendar currentCalendar]` – bshirley Apr 05 '19 at 15:35

score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 02 '12 at 18:41

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I guess this method works just fine for me.

NSString *zajtra = [[NSDate date] dateByAddingTimeInterval:86400];

edited Mar 02 '12 at 18:41

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answered Aug 24 '10 at 10:19

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This can cause issues when traversing day boundaries when accounting for DST. – Kyle Mar 04 '11 at 14:43
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Ditto, This can give incorrect results when there is a Daylight Savings Time change in the range of dates. – progrmr May 31 '11 at 01:34
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Will not do what you expect if there is a leap second. – Andres Kievsky Mar 20 '13 at 07:25
Why does your `- [NSDate dateByAddingTimeInterval:]` return a `NSString`? – Julian F. Weinert Jun 18 '15 at 11:42

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Jun 01 '11 at 08:11

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//Add the below code to init method or viewDidload

[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:[NSDate date]  forKey:@"Date"];

//Add this code where you wanna retrieve next or previous dates

NSDate *tomorrow = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] valueForKey:@"Date"];
NSTimeInterval secondsPerDay = 24 * 60 * 60;    
NSDate *date = [tomorrow addTimeInterval:secondsPerDay]; //Change NSDate *date = [tomorrow addTimeInterval:-secondsPerDay]; for yesterday
tomorrow = date;
[self setDate:tomorrow];
dateTextField.text = [self getDate];        
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:tomorrow  forKey:@"Date"];

edited Jun 01 '11 at 08:11

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answered Jul 06 '09 at 04:51

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Cave: Repeatedly adding secondsPerDay (24 * 60 * 60) with addTimeInterval to an NSDate is done while observing daylight saving time. Adding 24 hours on a day when you enter or leave daylight savin time skews the time of day by +/- 1 hour. – Niels Castle Oct 30 '09 at 08:18

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