Break NSDate into components (dat, month, hour,....) [Objective-C,ios,xcode,NSDate, NSDateComponents]

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NSDateComponents *components = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] components:NSDayCalendarUnit | NSMonthCalendarUnit | NSYearCalendarUnit | NSHourCalendarUnit | NSMinuteCalendarUnit fromDate:[NSDate date]];
long showMonth=(long)[components month];
long showDay=(long)[components day];
long showYear=(long)[components year];
long showHours=[[partsOfTime objectAtIndex:0] longLongValue];
long showMinutes=[[partsOfTime objectAtIndex:1] longLongValue];