How to know two dates are same

Question

HI i have two date pickers.

datepicker1, datepicker2.

I need datepicker1.date to compare with datepicker2.date

i need to verify that the two dates are same or not . How is it possible. Thanks in advance.i have used the below one but it is not working

if([datePicker.date isEqualToDate:FromPicker.date])

You can look at the answer [here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/7736757/443292). I would recommend you research before you post such questions. — Shri, Jun 25 '12 at 09:14

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 25 '12 at 09:12

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Use the standard comparison method, compare:

answered Jun 25 '12 at 09:12

André Morujão

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 25 '12 at 09:14

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Use the -compare: method of NSDate:

if([date1 compare:date2] == NSOrderedSame)
{
    //They are the sme    
}

answered Jun 25 '12 at 09:14

graver

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 25 '12 at 09:18

I think you want to ignore time component. Do it by below way:

 NSCalendar *cal = [NSCalendar autoupdatingCurrentCalendar];
 NSDateComponents *components1 = [cal components:NSYearCalendarUnit | NSMonthCalendarUnit | NSDayCalendarUnit
                                       fromDate:YOUR_FIRST_DATE];
 NSDateComponents *components2 = [cal components:NSYearCalendarUnit | NSMonthCalendarUnit | NSDayCalendarUnit
                                        fromDate:YOUR_SECOND_DATE];

 if ([components1 year] == [components2 year] &&
     [components1 month] == [components2 month] &&
     [components1 day] == [components2 day]) 
 {
           //dates are same...
 }
 else
 {
           //dates are different...
 }

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 25 '12 at 09:15

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i would suggest using timeIntervalSince1970

NSDate *date1; // your first date
NSDate *date2; // your second date

if ([date1 timeIntervalSince1970] == [date2 timeIntervalSince1970]) {
    //Equal
}

answered Jun 25 '12 at 09:15

Omar Abdelhafith

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How to know two dates are same

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