Check whether time falls between two time iOS - ios

Question

I have two times let say 8.40am and 4.00pm,
What i want to do is, want to check whether current time falls between given time or not ?
I have tried this code snippet but it is not working :(
can you please help me out where i am making mistake ?
NSDateComponents *components = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] components:NSHourCalendarUnit | NSMinuteCalendarUnit | NSSecondCalendarUnit fromDate:[NSDate date]];
NSInteger currHr = [components hour];
NSInteger currtMin = [components minute];
NSString startTime = #"21:00";
NSString endTime = #"07:00";
NSArray *arr=[NSArray arrayWithObjects:startTime,endTime, nil];
int stHr = [[[[arr objectAtIndex:0] componentsSeparatedByString:#":"] objectAtIndex:0] intValue];
int stMin = [[[[arr objectAtIndex:0] componentsSeparatedByString:#":"] objectAtIndex:1] intValue];
int enHr = [[[[arr objectAtIndex:1] componentsSeparatedByString:#":"] objectAtIndex:0] intValue];
int enMin = [[[[arr objectAtIndex:1] componentsSeparatedByString:#":"] objectAtIndex:1] intValue];
int formStTime = (stHr*60)+stMin;
int formEnTime = (enHr*60)+enMin;
int nowTime = (currHr*60)+currtMin;
if(nowTime >= formStTime && nowTime <= formEnTime) {
NSLog(#"Btween......");
}
Thnaks in advance
EDIT:
NSDateComponents *openingTime = [[NSDateComponents alloc] init];
openingTime.hour = [timeA integerValue]; //8
openingTime.minute = [timeB integerValue]; //45
NSDateComponents *closingTime = [[NSDateComponents alloc] init];
closingTime.hour = [timeC integerValue]; //4
closingTime.minute = [timeD integerValue]; //43
NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc]init];
[formatter setDateFormat:#"hh:mm"];
NSString *nowTimeString = [formatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]];
NSDate *now = [formatter dateFromString:nowTimeString]; //3:30
NSDateComponents *currentTime = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] components:NSCalendarUnitHour|NSCalendarUnitMinute|NSCalendarUnitSecond
fromDate:now];
NSMutableArray *times = [#[openingTime, closingTime, currentTime] mutableCopy];
[times sortUsingComparator:^NSComparisonResult(NSDateComponents *t1, NSDateComponents *t2) {
if (t1.hour > t2.hour) {
return NSOrderedDescending;
}
if (t1.hour < t2.hour) {
return NSOrderedAscending;
}
// hour is the same
if (t1.minute > t2.minute) {
return NSOrderedDescending;
}
if (t1.minute < t2.minute) {
return NSOrderedAscending;
}
// hour and minute are the same
if (t1.second > t2.second) {
return NSOrderedDescending;
}
if (t1.second < t2.second) {
return NSOrderedAscending;
}
return NSOrderedSame;
}];
if ([times indexOfObject:currentTime] == 1) {
NSLog(#"We are Open!");
} else {
NSLog(#"Sorry, we are closed!");
}

Answer 1

create date components for opening and closing time.
create date components with hour, minute, second from date to check
place opening, closing and current time in an array
sort array. if current time is at index 1, it lies between opening and closing time
NSDateComponents *openingTime = [[NSDateComponents alloc] init];
openingTime.hour = 8;
openingTime.minute = 40;
NSDateComponents *closingTime = [[NSDateComponents alloc] init];
closingTime.hour = 16;
closingTime.minute = 0;
NSDate *now = [NSDate date];
NSDateComponents *currentTime = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] components:NSCalendarUnitHour|NSCalendarUnitMinute|NSCalendarUnitSecond
fromDate:now];
NSMutableArray *times = [#[openingTime, closingTime, currentTime] mutableCopy];
[times sortUsingComparator:^NSComparisonResult(NSDateComponents *t1, NSDateComponents *t2) {
if (t1.hour > t2.hour) {
return NSOrderedDescending;
}
if (t1.hour < t2.hour) {
return NSOrderedAscending;
}
// hour is the same
if (t1.minute > t2.minute) {
return NSOrderedDescending;
}
if (t1.minute < t2.minute) {
return NSOrderedAscending;
}
// hour and minute are the same
if (t1.second > t2.second) {
return NSOrderedDescending;
}
if (t1.second < t2.second) {
return NSOrderedAscending;
}
return NSOrderedSame;
}];
if ([times indexOfObject:currentTime] == 1) {
NSLog(#"We are Open!");
} else {
NSLog(#"Sorry, we are closed!");
}

Answer 2

Try this -
NSString *startTimeString = #"08:00 AM";
NSString *endTimeString = #"06:00 PM";
NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc]init];
[formatter setDateFormat:#"hh:mm a"];
NSString *nowTimeString = [formatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]];
int startTime = [self minutesSinceMidnight:[formatter dateFromString:startTimeString]];
int endTime = [self minutesSinceMidnight:[formatter dateFromString:endTimeString]];
int nowTime = [self minutesSinceMidnight:[formatter dateFromString:nowTimeString]];;
if (startTime <= nowTime && nowTime <= endTime)
{
NSLog(#"Time is between");
}
else {
NSLog(#"Time is not between");
}
-(int) minutesSinceMidnight:(NSDate *)date
{
NSDateComponents *components = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] components:NSCalendarUnitHour | NSCalendarUnitMinute | NSCalendarUnitSecond fromDate:date];
return 60 * (int)[components hour] + (int)[components minute];
}
Check the screenshot -