NSDate of yesterday

Question

How do I create an NSDate object with a custom date other than the current date? For example I would like to create a var of yesterday or of 2 days ago.

Answer 1

Code for Swift 2.0

static func yesterDay() -> NSDate {

    let today: NSDate = NSDate()

    let daysToAdd:Int = -1

    // Set up date components
    let dateComponents: NSDateComponents = NSDateComponents()
    dateComponents.day = daysToAdd

    // Create a calendar
    let gregorianCalendar: NSCalendar = NSCalendar(identifier: NSCalendarIdentifierGregorian)!
    let yesterDayDate: NSDate = gregorianCalendar.dateByAddingComponents(dateComponents, toDate: today, options:NSCalendarOptions(rawValue: 0))!

    return yesterDayDate
}