Comparing dates in Cocoa

Question

hi i want to know how to get current date? i want to compare current date with a date i m fetching from a plist files using following code.

NSDate *expDate =         


        

Answer 1

To get the current date, simply use:

NSDate * today = [NSDate date];

To compare to another date:

if ([today compare:expirationDate] == NSOrderedAscending)
{
    // today's date is before the expiration date
}