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

When you NSDate.date() in the playground, you see the default description printed. Use NSDateFormatter to print a localized description of the date object, possibly with only the date portion.

To zero out specific portions of a date (for the sake of comparison), use NSDateComponents in conjunction with NSCalendar.