Swift 3 - Comparing Date objects

Question

I\'m updating my app to Swift 3.0 syntax (I know it\'s still in beta but I want to be prepared as soon as it released).

Until the previous Beta of Xcode (Beta 5) I wa

Answer 1

SWIFT 3: Don't know if this is what you're looking for. But I compare a string to a current timestamp to see if my string is older that now.

func checkTimeStamp(date: String!) -> Bool {
        let dateFormatter: DateFormatter = DateFormatter()
        dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"
        dateFormatter.locale = Locale(identifier:"en_US_POSIX")
        let datecomponents = dateFormatter.date(from: date)

        let now = Date()

        if (datecomponents! >= now) {
            return true
        } else {
            return false
        }
    }

To use it:

if (checkTimeStamp(date:"2016-11-21 12:00:00") == false) {
    // Do something
}