How to determine if an NSDate is today?

Question

How to check if an NSDate belongs to today?

I used to check it using first 10 characters from [aDate description]. [[aDate descriptio

Answer 1

Here's my 2 cent answer building on the accepted answer but supporting the newer API as well. Note: I use the Gregorian calendar as most time stamps are GMT but change yours as you see fit

func isDateToday(date: NSDate) -> Bool {
    let calendar = NSCalendar(calendarIdentifier: NSCalendarIdentifierGregorian)!
    if calendar.respondsToSelector("isDateInToday:") {
        return calendar.isDateInToday(date)
    }
    let dateComponents = NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitYear | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMonth | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitDay
    let today = calendar.dateFromComponents(calendar.components(dateComponents, fromDate: NSDate()))!
    let dateToCompare = calendar.dateFromComponents(calendar.components(dateComponents, fromDate: date))!

    return dateToCompare == today
}