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    Sorting a UITableView by a NSDate object with headers in Swift
  
        
  
    
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  | extension NSDate{ | |
| convenience | |
| init(inputDate: NSDate){ | |
| let calendar = NSCalendar.currentCalendar() | |
| let timeZone = NSTimeZone.systemTimeZone() | |
| calendar.timeZone = timeZone | |
| let comps = calendar.components([NSCalendarUnit.Year, NSCalendarUnit.Month, NSCalendarUnit.Day ], fromDate: inputDate) | |
| comps.hour = 0 | |
| comps.minute = 0 | |
| comps.second = 0 | |
| let returnDate = calendar.dateFromComponents(comps) | |
| self.init(timeInterval:0, sinceDate:returnDate!) | |
| } | |
| } | |
| class SortedTableView: UITableViewController { | |
| var sortedArray: Array<AnyObject>? | |
| var sections: NSMutableDictionary? | |
| var mealArray: NSMutableArray? | |
| override func viewDidLoad() { | |
| super.viewDidLoad() | |
| mealArray = NSMutableArray() | |
| mealArray?.addObject(["meal": "banana", "date": NSDate()]) | |
| for object in mealArray! { | |
| let dict = object as! NSMutableDictionary | |
| if let exists = dict["date"] { | |
| let date = NSDate(inputDate: exists as! NSDate) | |
| var eventsOnThisDay = sections?.objectForKey(date) | |
| if eventsOnThisDay == nil { | |
| eventsOnThisDay = NSMutableArray() | |
| sections?.setObject(eventsOnThisDay!, forKey: date) | |
| } | |
| eventsOnThisDay!.addObject(dict) | |
| let unsorted = sections?.allKeys | |
| self.sortedArray = unsorted!.sort({ $0.date.compare($1.date) == .OrderedAscending }) | |
| } else { | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| override func numberOfSectionsInTableView(tableView: UITableView) -> Int { | |
| if mealArray?.count == 0 || mealArray == nil { | |
| let label = UILabel.init(frame: self.view.frame) | |
| label.textColor = UIColor.whiteColor() | |
| label.text = "No meals" | |
| label.tag = 6 | |
| self.tableView.separatorStyle = .None | |
| label.textAlignment = .Center | |
| self.tableView.backgroundView = label | |
| return (self.sections?.count)! | |
| } | |
| self.tableView.separatorStyle = .SingleLine | |
| self.tableView.backgroundView = nil | |
| return 1 | |
| } | |
| override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int { | |
| if(mealArray == nil){ | |
| return 0 | |
| }else{ | |
| let date = self.sortedArray![section] as! NSDate | |
| let events = self.sections?.objectForKey(date) | |
| return (events?.count)! | |
| } | |
| } | |
| override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, titleForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> String? { | |
| let formatter = NSDateFormatter.init() | |
| formatter.timeStyle = .NoStyle | |
| formatter.dateStyle = .MediumStyle | |
| return formatter.stringFromDate(self.sortedArray![section] as! NSDate) | |
| } | |
| } | 
  
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