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

This is very simple in Swift if you use Swifter Swift

date1.day = 1
date1.month = 1
date1.year = 2000

date2.day = 1
date2.month = 1
date2.year = 2000

now you can use >,<,== operators on date1 and date2 to compare just the time components.

edit - you could do this your self by extending the date class, for example swifter-swift does the bellow for the day component.

public var day: Int {
        get {
            return Calendar.current.component(.day, from: self)
        }
        set {
            let allowedRange = Calendar.current.range(of: .day, in: .month, for: self)!
            guard allowedRange.contains(newValue) else { return }

            let currentDay = Calendar.current.component(.day, from: self)
            let daysToAdd = newValue - currentDay
            if let date = Calendar.current.date(byAdding: .day, value: daysToAdd, to: self) {
                self = date
            }
        }
    }