NSTimeInterval showing 0

Question

When tracking time since a date using NSTimeInterval, it shows 0.000000 in the NSLog. Here is my Time Interval:

NSTimeInterval timeInterval = [intialtime timeIntervalSinceNow];

Here is how I log the data:

NSLog(@"%f",timeInterval);

What am I missing? Also, I want the time interval to show minutes since the date. Would I need to change anything to make this happen?

@rmaddy InitialTime seems to be fine. It shows the proper date in the log. — PanicDev, Nov 30 '13 at 03:47
The code you show should work. You need to provide more context. Show the whole methods where you have those code bits, and also where you instantiate initialTime, and how you declare it. — rdelmar, Nov 30 '13 at 04:06
`initialTime` may show the proper date, but what does `initialtime` show? — Hot Licks, Nov 30 '13 at 04:39

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 30 '13 at 13:19

Panic, try this.

NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
formatter.timeStyle = NSDateFormatterNoStyle;
formatter.dateFormat = @"MM/dd/yyyy";

NSDate *intialTime= [formatter dateFromString:@"12/11/2005"];

NSDate *presentDate = [NSDate date];

NSTimeInterval timeInterval = [presentDate timeIntervalSinceDate:intialTime];

int seconds = (int)ceil(timeInterval);
int mins = seconds / 60;

NSLog(@"Time interval in Mins:%d",mins);

NSTimeInterval showing 0

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