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

My solution for comparing two times of day while ignoring the date:

let date1 = some time as a date
let date2 = some other time as a date

let time1 = 60*Calendar.current.component(.hour, from: date1!) + Calendar.current.component(.minute, from: date1!)
let time2 =  60*Calendar.current.component(.hour, from: date2!) + Calendar.current.component(.minute, from: date2!)

Now you can compare the integers time1 and time2 without regard to the day. You could add the seconds/60 if you need more precision.