Comparing NSDates without time component

Question

In a swift playground, I have been using

NSDate.date() 

But, this always appears with the time element appended. For my app I need to ignor

Answer 1

In Swift 4:

func compareDate(date1:Date, date2:Date) -> Bool {
    let order = NSCalendar.current.compare(date1, to: date2, toGranularity: .day)
    switch order {
    case .orderedSame:
        return true
    default:
        return false
    }
}