Use
- (NSComparisonResult)compare:(NSDate *)anotherDate
for any NSDate objects. It will return a NSComparisonResult.
enum {
  NSOrderedAscending = -1,
  NSOrderedSame,
  NSOrderedDescending
};
typedef NSInteger NSComparisonResult;
                  Paul Ardeleanu
                   2010-10-31 08:16:14