match datePicker date and timer with users Date and Time (swift3) - ios

Question

My code below creates a date picker and has it select a date and time. All I want to do is when the date picker's date and time match the user's phone's date and time is to print the line "cool". That's it. I commented the line that is causing me problems.
import UIKit
var dateFormatter : DateFormatter!
let datePicker2 = UIDatePicker();
let date = Date()
class ViewController: UIViewController {
#IBOutlet var dateLabel: UILabel!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let datePicker : UIDatePicker = UIDatePicker(frame: CGRect(x: 0,y: 330,width: self.view.frame.size.width,height: 220))
datePicker.datePickerMode = UIDatePickerMode.dateAndTime
self.view.addSubview(datePicker)
datePicker.addTarget(self, action: #selector(ViewController.change(_:)), for: UIControlEvents.valueChanged)
dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "YYYY-MM-dd hh:mm"
}
#IBAction func change(_ sender : UIDatePicker)
{
dateLabel.text = dateFormatter.string(from: sender.date)
///print cool line; what I have does not work
if dateLabel.text == String(describing: date){
print("cool")
}
}
}

Answer 1

Your primary issue is how you compare the two dates. You should be using the same date formatter to convert both Date instances to strings in the same format. Then you can compare the two strings.
#IBAction func change(_ sender : UIDatePicker)
{
let pickerString = dateFormatter.string(from: sender.date)
let nowString = dateFormatter.string(from: Date())
dateLabel.text = pickerString
if pickerString == nowString {
print("cool")
}
}
You are also using the wrong format. You need "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm". YYYY is slightly different. You always want yyyy unless you have a clearly understood and specific need to use YYYY. And for the hour you want HH instead of hh. HH is a 24-hour hour while hh is a 12-hour hour. Only use hh is you also use a (for AM/PM).
And your properties should be inside the class, not outside.
Move datePicker2 inside the class.
date is now obsolete based on my answer so you can remove it completely.
dateFormatter should also be moved inside the class.