NSDate category extension - handy convenience methods

NSDate+CMExtras.h

@interface NSDate ( CMExtras )

- (NSDate *)stripTimeComponent;

@end

NSDate+CMExtras.m

#import "NSDate+CMExtras.h"

@implementation NSDate ( CMExtras )

- (NSDate *)stripTimeComponent
{
	// Returns the NSDate object with time stripped (i.e. set to 00:00:00)
	unsigned int flags = NSYearCalendarUnit | NSMonthCalendarUnit | NSDayCalendarUnit;
	NSCalendar *calendar = [NSCalendar currentCalendar];
	NSDateComponents *components = [calendar components:flags fromDate:self];
	NSDate *currentDate = [calendar dateFromComponents:components];
	return currentDate;
}

@end