title: Comparing a formatted date with current
body: <p>I am comparing dates from a file called "file.txt" to put into a tableView as a list. I have a date in the file as the current date as a test at the end. It reads it, but doesn't recognize it as the current date. I have a date formatter setting the format to "MM/dd/yyyy". The checks work correctly with dates before and after the current date being pulled from the phone.</p>
  
  <pre><code>import UIKit
  import GoogleMaps
  
  
  class SecondViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource {
  
  @IBOutlet weak var banner: UIImageView!
  @IBOutlet weak var tableView: UITableView!
  
  var arrayMarkers = [GMSMarker]()
  var dictMarkers = [String:String]()
  
  override func viewDidLoad() {
      super.viewDidLoad()
  
      banner.image = #imageLiteral(resourceName: "Branding_Iron_Banner")
  
  
  
      tableView.estimatedRowHeight = 155.0
      tableView.rowHeight = UITableViewAutomaticDimension
  
  
  
      let formatter = DateFormatter()
      formatter.dateFormat = "MM/dd/yyyy"
      let currentDate = Date()
  
      print(formatter.string(from: currentDate))
  
  
      guard let path = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "file", ofType: "txt") else {
          print("File wasn't found")
          return
      }
  
  
      let filemgr = FileManager()
      if filemgr.fileExists(atPath: path) {
          print("Found the file to read from!")
  
      }
  
      guard let streamReader = StreamReader(path: path) else {
          print("Dang! StreamReader couldn't be created!")
          return
      }
  
      var lineCounter = 0
      var lat = 0.0
      var log = 0.0
      var address = ""
      var date = ""
      var time = ""
      var snip = ""
      var snip2 = ""
      var same = true
      while !streamReader.atEof {
  
          guard let nextLine = streamReader.nextLine() else {
              print("Oops! Reached the end before printing!")
              break
          }
  
          if(lineCounter % 5 == 0) {
              lat = (nextLine as NSString).doubleValue
          }
          else if(lineCounter % 5 == 1) {
              log = (nextLine as NSString).doubleValue
          }
          else if(lineCounter % 5 == 2) {
              address = nextLine
          }
          else if(lineCounter % 5 == 3) {
              date = nextLine
  
              let fileDate = formatter.date(from: date)
  
  
              if (currentDate.compare(fileDate!) == .orderedSame) {
                  snip2 = date
                  print("Same dates compare with current: \(String(describing: fileDate))")
                  same = true
              }
              if(fileDate?.compare(currentDate) == .orderedDescending) {
                  print("Date comes after current: \(String(describing: fileDate))")
                  snip2 = date
                  same = true
              }
              if(fileDate?.compare(currentDate) == .orderedAscending) {
                  same = false
              }
  
  
          }
          else if(lineCounter % 5 == 4){
  
              if(same == true) {
  
                  time = nextLine
                  let position = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(lat, log)
                  let marker = GMSMarker(position: position)
                  marker.title = address
                  snip = snip2 + "\n"+time
                  marker.snippet = snip
                  arrayMarkers.append(marker)
                  print("\n\(String(describing: marker.title))")
                  same = false
  
  
              }
          }
  
          lineCounter += 1
          print("\(lineCounter): \(nextLine)")
      }
  
  
  }
  
  override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
      super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
  }
  
  
  func numberOfSections(in tableView: UITableView) -&gt; Int {
      return 1
  }
  
  func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -&gt; Int {
  
  
      return arrayMarkers.count
  }
  
  func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, heightForHeaderInSection section: Int) -&gt; CGFloat {
      return 2
  }
  
  func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, heightForFooterInSection section: Int) -&gt; CGFloat {
      return 2
  }
  
  func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -&gt; UITableViewCell {
  
      let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell")!
  
  
      //print("Inside the assigning of table cells")
      let marker = arrayMarkers[indexPath.row]
      //print(marker.snippet!)
  
      cell.textLabel?.text = marker.title
      cell.detailTextLabel?.text = marker.snippet
      return cell
  }
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The date I care about from my file is formatted as "06/07/2018" as is the format for the rest of my dates in my file.</p>
  
  <p>Updated with output comparison:</p>
  
  <pre><code>74: 05/30/2018
  75: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
  76: 41.313000
  77: -105.576195
  78: 1513 Fraternity Row
  
  The current date is: 2018-06-08 15:32:22 +0000
  
  The file date is: Optional(2018-06-08 06:00:00 +0000)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It is supposed to be ignoring the time after the formatting.</p>