Indicates the temporal ordering of the receiver and another given date.
SDKs
- iOS 2.0+
- macOS 10.0+
- Mac Catalyst 13.0+
- tvOS 9.0+
- watchOS 2.0+
Framework
- Foundation
Declaration
- (NSComparisonParameters
anotherDateThe date with which to compare the receiver.
This value must not be
nil. If the value isnil, the behavior is undefined and may change in future versions of macOS.
Return Value
If:
The receiver and
anotherare exactly equal to each other,Date NSOrderedSame The receiver is later in time than
another,Date NSOrderedDescending The receiver is earlier in time than
another,Date NSOrdered.Ascending
Discussion
This method detects sub-second differences between dates. If you want to compare dates with a less fine granularity, use time to compare the two dates.