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# actualDeliveryDate

The date this notification was actually delivered.

```
var actualDeliveryDate: Date? { get }
```

## Discussion

The notification center will set this value if a notification is put in the scheduled list and the delivery time arrives.

If the notification is delivered directly using the [`deliver(_:)`](/documentation/Foundation/NSUserNotificationCenter/deliver(_:)) method of the [`NSUserNotificationCenter`](/documentation/Foundation/NSUserNotificationCenter) class, this value is set to the [`deliveryDate`](/documentation/Foundation/NSUserNotification/deliveryDate) value. If the [`deliveryDate`](/documentation/Foundation/NSUserNotification/deliveryDate) value `nil`  this value is set to the current date.

This value is used to sort the list of notifications in the user interface.

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