How do you compare 2 operands of type Date? to sort an array in Swift?

Question

In order to sort an array of a custom struct that has bools, integers, and dates. I successfully used the syntax below for a boolean value and it works for the \"bride\" and

Answer 1

Optionals cannot be compared directly (compare SE-0121 – Remove Optional Comparison Operators). But you can use the nil-coalescing operator ?? to provide a default date for entries without creation date:

Images.sorted(by: {$0.create_dt ?? .distantPast > $1.create_dt ?? .distantPast })

With .distantPast the entries without creation date are sorted to the end of the list. With .distantFuture they would be sorted to the start of the list.