How to check whether now date is during 9:00-18:00

Question

When my app is launched I want to check whether the date is between 9:00-18:00.

And I can get the time of now using NSDate. How can I check the time?

Answer 1

Construct dates for 09:00 and 18:00 today and compare the current time with those dates:

NSCalendar *cal = [[NSCalendar alloc] initWithCalendarIdentifier:NSGregorianCalendar];
NSDate *now = [NSDate date];
NSDateComponents *components = [cal components:NSEraCalendarUnit|NSYearCalendarUnit|NSMonthCalendarUnit|NSDayCalendarUnit fromDate:now];

[components setHour:9];
[components setMinute:0];
[components setSecond:0];
NSDate *nineHundred = [cal dateFromComponents:components];

[components setHour:18];
NSDate *eighteenHundred = [cal dateFromComponents:components];

if ([nineHundred compare:now] != NSOrderedDescending &&
    [eighteenHundred compare:now] != NSOrderedAscending)
{
    NSLog(@"Date is between 09:00 and 18:00");
}