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

Swift 3

        let order = NSCalendar.current.compare(date1, to: date2, toGranularity: .day)

        if order == .orderedAscending { 
          // date 1 is older
        }
        else if order == .orderedDescending { 
          // date 1 is newer
        }
        else if order == .orderedSame { 
          // same day/hour depending on granularity parameter
        }