我试图实现dropBox同步,需要比较两个文件的日期。一个在我的dropBox账户上,一个在我的iPhone上。

我想出了以下方法,但我得到了意想不到的结果。我想我在比较这两个日期时做了一些根本性的错误。我只是使用> <操作符,但我猜这是不行的,因为我比较两个NSDate字符串。开始吧:

NSLog(@"dB...lastModified: %@", dbObject.lastModifiedDate); 
NSLog(@"iP...lastModified: %@", [self getDateOfLocalFile:@"NoteBook.txt"]);

if ([dbObject lastModifiedDate] < [self getDateOfLocalFile:@"NoteBook.txt"]) {
    NSLog(@"...db is more up-to-date. Download in progress...");
    [self DBdownload:@"NoteBook.txt"];
    NSLog(@"Download complete.");
} else {
    NSLog(@"...iP is more up-to-date. Upload in progress...");
    [self DBupload:@"NoteBook.txt"];
    NSLog(@"Upload complete.");
}

这给了我以下(随机和错误)输出:

2011-05-11 14:20:54.413 NotePage[6918:207] dB...lastModified: 2011-05-11 13:18:25 +0000
2011-05-11 14:20:54.414 NotePage[6918:207] iP...lastModified: 2011-05-11 13:20:48 +0000
2011-05-11 14:20:54.415 NotePage[6918:207] ...db is more up-to-date.

或者这个恰好是正确的:

2011-05-11 14:20:25.097 NotePage[6903:207] dB...lastModified: 2011-05-11 13:18:25 +0000
2011-05-11 14:20:25.098 NotePage[6903:207] iP...lastModified: 2011-05-11 13:19:45 +0000
2011-05-11 14:20:25.099 NotePage[6903:207] ...iP is more up-to-date.

当前回答

一些日期工具,包括比较在英语,这是很好的:

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>


@interface NSDate (Util)

-(BOOL) isLaterThanOrEqualTo:(NSDate*)date;
-(BOOL) isEarlierThanOrEqualTo:(NSDate*)date;
-(BOOL) isLaterThan:(NSDate*)date;
-(BOOL) isEarlierThan:(NSDate*)date;
- (NSDate*) dateByAddingDays:(int)days;

@end

实现:

#import "NSDate+Util.h"


@implementation NSDate (Util)

-(BOOL) isLaterThanOrEqualTo:(NSDate*)date {
    return !([self compare:date] == NSOrderedAscending);
}

-(BOOL) isEarlierThanOrEqualTo:(NSDate*)date {
    return !([self compare:date] == NSOrderedDescending);
}
-(BOOL) isLaterThan:(NSDate*)date {
    return ([self compare:date] == NSOrderedDescending);

}
-(BOOL) isEarlierThan:(NSDate*)date {
    return ([self compare:date] == NSOrderedAscending);
}

- (NSDate *) dateByAddingDays:(int)days {
    NSDate *retVal;
    NSDateComponents *components = [[NSDateComponents alloc] init];
    [components setDay:days];

    NSCalendar *gregorian = [[NSCalendar alloc] initWithCalendarIdentifier:NSGregorianCalendar];
    retVal = [gregorian dateByAddingComponents:components toDate:self options:0];
    return retVal;
}

@end

其他回答

一些日期工具,包括比较在英语,这是很好的:

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>


@interface NSDate (Util)

-(BOOL) isLaterThanOrEqualTo:(NSDate*)date;
-(BOOL) isEarlierThanOrEqualTo:(NSDate*)date;
-(BOOL) isLaterThan:(NSDate*)date;
-(BOOL) isEarlierThan:(NSDate*)date;
- (NSDate*) dateByAddingDays:(int)days;

@end

实现:

#import "NSDate+Util.h"


@implementation NSDate (Util)

-(BOOL) isLaterThanOrEqualTo:(NSDate*)date {
    return !([self compare:date] == NSOrderedAscending);
}

-(BOOL) isEarlierThanOrEqualTo:(NSDate*)date {
    return !([self compare:date] == NSOrderedDescending);
}
-(BOOL) isLaterThan:(NSDate*)date {
    return ([self compare:date] == NSOrderedDescending);

}
-(BOOL) isEarlierThan:(NSDate*)date {
    return ([self compare:date] == NSOrderedAscending);
}

- (NSDate *) dateByAddingDays:(int)days {
    NSDate *retVal;
    NSDateComponents *components = [[NSDateComponents alloc] init];
    [components setDay:days];

    NSCalendar *gregorian = [[NSCalendar alloc] initWithCalendarIdentifier:NSGregorianCalendar];
    retVal = [gregorian dateByAddingComponents:components toDate:self options:0];
    return retVal;
}

@end

我遇到过几乎相同的情况,但在我的情况下,我要检查是否天数不同

NSCalendar *cal = [NSCalendar currentCalendar];
NSDateComponents *compDate = [cal components:NSDayCalendarUnit fromDate:fDate toDate:tDate options:0];
int numbersOfDaysDiff = [compDate day]+1; // do what ever comparison logic with this int.

当你需要以天/月/年为单位比较NSDate时非常有用

比较NSDate对象的另一种简单方法是将它们转换为原始类型,这允许轻松使用'>' '<' '=='等

eg.

if ([dateA timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate] > [dateB timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate]) {
    //do stuff
}

timeintervalsincerely eferencedate将日期转换为自引用日期(2001年1月1日,GMT)以来的秒数。当timeintervalsinceferencedate返回一个NSTimeInterval(它是一个双类型定义)时,我们可以使用原语比较器。

你想要使用NSDate compare:, laterDate:,早期日期:,或isEqualToDate:方法。在这种情况下,使用<和>操作符是比较指针,而不是比较日期

- (NSDate *)earlierDate:(NSDate *)anotherDate

这将返回较早的接收者和另一个日期。如果两者相同,则返回接收器。