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

你应该使用:

- (NSComparisonResult)compare:(NSDate *)anotherDate

比较日期。objective C中没有运算符重载。

其他回答

使用这个简单的函数进行日期比较

-(BOOL)dateComparision:(NSDate*)date1 andDate2:(NSDate*)date2{

BOOL isTokonValid;

if ([date1 compare:date2] == NSOrderedDescending) {
    NSLog(@"date1 is later than date2");
    isTokonValid = YES;
} else if ([date1 compare:date2] == NSOrderedAscending) {
    NSLog(@"date1 is earlier than date2");
    isTokonValid = NO;
} else {
    isTokonValid = NO;
    NSLog(@"dates are the same");
}

return isTokonValid;}

NSDate有一个比较函数。

compare:返回一个NSComparisonResult值,该值指示接收者和另一个给定日期的时间顺序。

(NSComparisonResult)compare:(NSDate *)anotherDate

参数:anotherDate 用来比较接收者的日期。 该值不能为nil。如果该值为nil,则该行为未定义,并且可能在Mac OS X的未来版本中更改。

返回值:

如果接收者和anotherDate完全相等,则NSOrderedSame 如果接收者晚于另一个日期,则nsordereddescent 如果接收者在时间上早于另一个日期,则NSOrderedAscending。

我试过了,希望对你有用

NSCalendar *gregorian = [[NSCalendar alloc] initWithCalendarIdentifier:NSGregorianCalendar];      
int unitFlags =NSDayCalendarUnit;      
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];     
NSDate *myDate; //= [[NSDate alloc] init];     
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"dd-MM-yyyy"];   
myDate = [dateFormatter dateFromString:self.strPrevioisDate];     
NSDateComponents *comps = [gregorian components:unitFlags fromDate:myDate toDate:[NSDate date] options:0];   
NSInteger day=[comps day];

你们为什么不用这些NSDate比较方法呢:

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

你也可以用这个方法比较两个日期

        switch ([currenttimestr  compare:endtimestr])
        {
            case NSOrderedAscending:

                // dateOne is earlier in time than dateTwo
                break;

            case NSOrderedSame:

                // The dates are the same
                break;
            case NSOrderedDescending:

                // dateOne is later in time than dateTwo


                break;

        }