If statement being temperamental

I'm not sure but sometimes my if statement fails and show the wrong thing when it shouldn't be Any ideas?

-(void)updateLabel{



   if (today > Date) {



    [only setHidden:YES];
    [untilRelease setHidden:YES];
    [theLabel setText:@"IS OUT"];


} else {


    NSCalendar *calendar = [[NSCalendar alloc] initWithCalendarIdentifier:NSGregorianCalendar];

    int units = NSMonthCalendarUnit | NSDayCalendarUnit | NSHourCalendarUnit | NSMinuteCalendarUnit | NSSecondCalendarUnit;

    NSDateComponents *components = [calendar components:units from开发者_如何学PythonDate:[NSDate date] toDate:Date options:0];

    [theLabel setText:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d %@, %d %@ \n %d %@, %d %@ %d %@", [components month], @"Months", [components day], @"Days", [components hour], @"Hours", [components minute], @"Minutes and", [components second], @"Seconds"]];


}}

I have defined today as [NSDate date] and Date is an epoch number.

Any help would be great

Since they are both NSDate instances, do this,

NSComparisonResult result = [today compare:Date];
if ( result == NSOrderedDescending ){ //  today > Date
    // After Date
} else {
    // Before Date
}

Original Answer

If today is [NSDate date] and Date is an epoch number, you are comparing them incorrectly. You should convert today to epoch number too prior to comparing them.

long currentTime = [today timeIntervalSince1970];
if ( currentTime > Date ) {
    // After `Date`
} else {
    // Before `Date`
}