If statement with dates

Question

what I am trying to do is make a if statement with dates using greater than less than signs. For some reason only the greater than sign works. Here is my code:

Answer 1

NSString objects are objects, and when you compare objects with C comparison operators (==, >, <, etc.) you are comparing their addresses, not their values. You need to use compare, such as:

if ([dateString compare:@"0810"] == NSOrderedAscending &&
    [dateString compare:@"0800"] == NSOrderedDescending) { ...

Though I'd recommend converting to NSDate objects in most cases if you want to compare dates and times.