How do you compare just the time of a Date in Swift?

Question

I have two Date Objects:

1. 2017-01-13 11:40:17 +0000

2. 2016-03-15 10:22:14 +0000

I need to compare

Answer 1

Much simpler than accepted answer:

SWIFT 4

// date1 and date2 are the dates you want to compare

let calendar = Calendar.current

var newDate = Date(TimeIntervalSinceReferenceDate: 0) // Initiates date at 2001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
var newDate1 = Date(TimeIntervalSinceReferenceDate: 0) // Same as above

// Recieving the components from the dates you want to compare 
let newDateComponents = calendar.dateComponents([.hour, .minute], from: date1)!
let newDate1Components = calendar.dateComponents([.hour, .minute], from: date2)!

// Adding those components
newDate = calendar.date(byAdding: newDateComponents, to: newDate)
newDate1 = calendar.date(byAdding: newDate1Components, to: newDate1)