iphone Get current year as string

Question

How do I get current year as string in Obj-C ?

Also how do I compare the same using another year value ?

Is it advisable to do a string comparision OR dirctly ye

Answer 1

Swift

Easier way to get any elements of date as an optional String.

extension Date {

  // Year 
  var currentYear: String? {
    return getDateComponent(dateFormat: "yy")
    //return getDateComponent(dateFormat: "yyyy")
  }


  func getDateComponent(dateFormat: String) -> String? {
    let format = DateFormatter()
    format.dateFormat = dateFormat
    return format.string(from: self)
  }


}


print("-- \(Date().currentYear)")  // result -- Optional("2017")