Timer interval with 2 NSDateComponent

Question

I have two nsdatecomponent object, and I want a substract the time of my first object with the time of the seconde object.

example: DateComponentObject1 = DateComponentObject1 - DateComponentObject2

so, if I have 3 hour in DateComponentObject1 and 1 hour in DateComponentObject2, I have 2 hour at the end in the DateComponentObject1.

How I can do this?

Answer 1

1. Create an NSCalendar object that corresponds to the calendar used by your NSDateComponent instances.
2. Convert DateComponentObject1 to an NSDate with -[NSCalendar dateFromComponents:] .
3. Multiply all values in DateComponentObject2 by -1 (because you want to subtract them from the first date).
4. Add the inverted DateComponentObject2 to the date object with -[NSCalendar dateByAddingComponents:toDate:options:] .
5. Split the resulting NSDate object into date components with -[NSCalendar components:fromDate:] .