How to compare two given times with current time? [duplicate] - ios

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I want to compare current time with two different times on different dates.MY code is
NSString *time1 = record.trigger_from_time;
NSString *time2 = record.trigger_to_time;
NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[formatter setDateFormat:#"HH:mm:ss"];
NSDate *date1= [formatter dateFromString:time1];
NSDate *date2 = [formatter dateFromString:time2];
NSLog(#"%#,%#",date1,date2);
I'm getting log as 2000-01-01 09:12:00 +0000,2000-01-01 12:30:00 +0000
But MY current time is 2014-04-01 17:06:18.
I'm getting current date from
NSDate *now = [NSDate date];
NSDateFormatter *timeFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
timeFormatter.dateFormat = #"HH:mm";
[timeFormatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone systemTimeZone]];
NSLog(#"The Current Time is %#",[timeFormatter stringFromDate:now]);
I want to compare thie current time with record.trigger_from_time and record.trigger_to_time

Answer 1

NSString *time1 = #"09:10:02";
NSString *time2 = #"17:10:16";
NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[formatter setDateFormat:#"HH:mm:"];
NSDate *date1= [formatter dateFromString:time1];
NSDate *date2 = [formatter dateFromString:time2];
NSComparisonResult result = [date1 compare:date2];
if(result == NSOrderedDescending)
{
NSLog(#"time1 is later than time2");
}
else if(result == NSOrderedAscending)
{
NSLog(#"time2 is later than time1");
}
else
{
NSLog(#"time1 is equal to time2");
}

Answer 2

Comparing 2 NSDates.
...
NSDate *date1= [formatter dateFromString:time1];
NSDate *date2 = [formatter dateFromString:time2];
if ([date2 compare:date1] == NSOrderedDescending) {
NSLog(#"date1 is later than date2");
} else if ([date2 compare:date1] == NSOrderedAscending) {
NSLog(#"date1 is earlier than date2");
} else {
NSLog(#"dates are the same");
}
UPD:
via Switch
...
NSDate *date1= [formatter dateFromString:time1];
NSDate *date2 = [formatter dateFromString:time2];
NSComparisonResult result = [date2 compare:date1];
switch(result){
case NSOrderedDescending:
NSLog(#"date1 is later than date2");
break;
case NSOrderedAscending:
NSLog(#"date1 is earlier than date2");
break;
default:
NSLog(#"dates are the same");
break;
}