Inherits from NSObject
Declared in ESRangeToDatesConverter.h
ESRangeToDatesConverter.mm

Overview

A class to convert the NSRange a pair of NSDate ofjects. It can be useful to build timeline selection GUI components.

It supports the following resolutions

  • day
  • week
  • month
  • quarter
  • half year
  • year

Note : The dates must be aligned to a given resolution

Tasks

Properties

timelineRange

An NSRange of the user’s input relative to [globalBegin; globalEnd] dates range.

@property (nonatomic) NSRange timelineRange

Declared In

ESRangeToDatesConverter.h

Instance Methods

getEndDate

A date for the end of the range.

- (NSDate *)getEndDate

Discussion

result = globalBegin + ( timelineRange.location + timelineRange.length ) * resolution

Declared In

ESRangeToDatesConverter.h

getStartDate

A date for the beginning of the range.

- (NSDate *)getStartDate

Discussion

result = globalBegin + timelineRange.location * resolution

Declared In

ESRangeToDatesConverter.h

initWithTimelineStartDate:timelineEndDate:resolution:locale:

A designated initializer. Note : dates must be aligned to a given resolution

- (instancetype)initWithTimelineStartDate:(NSDate *)globalBegin_ timelineEndDate:(NSDate *)globalEnd_ resolution:(ESDateResolution)resolution_ locale:(NSLocale *)locale_

Parameters

globalBegin_

The beginning of a timeline range.

globalEnd_

The end of a timeline range.

resolution_

Resolution to scale dates against.

locale_

The locale for calendar computations. Note : It will have the highest impact on week calculations.

Return Value

A properly initialized ESDatesToRangeConverter object.

Declared In

ESRangeToDatesConverter.h