how do I set an existing NSDate's time?

Question

how do I set an existing NSDate\'s time?

That is I have a date (say current date/time), but then want to set this to a specific time (e.g. 11.23am) say.

Answer 1

Apply this to set the Time from an another date to an existing Date

NSDate *today = [NSDate date]; // from which i need only "Year" "Month" "Date"

NSCalendar *calendar = [NSCalendar currentCalendar]
NSDateComponents *dateComponents = [calendar components:( NSYearCalendarUnit | NSMonthCalendarUnit |  NSDayCalendarUnit ) fromDate:today];

NSDate *timeDate = datePicker.date; // from which i need only "Hours" "Minutes" and "Seconds"

NSDateComponents *timeComponents = [calendar components:( NSHourCalendarUnit | NSMinuteCalendarUnit | NSSecondCalendarUnit ) fromDate:timeDate];

            [dateComponents setHour:[timeComponents hour]];
            [dateComponents setMinute:[timeComponents minute]];
            [dateComponents setSecond:[timeComponents second]];

NSDate *newDate = [calendar dateFromComponents:dateComponents]; // New Date with My "Year" "Month" "Date" "Hours" "Minutes" and "Seconds" 

            NSLog(@"New Date: %@",newDate);