Cómo calcular el tiempo en horas entre dos fechas en iOS

¿Cómo puedo calcular el tiempo transcurrido en horas entre dos momentos (posiblemente ocurriendo en días diferentes) en iOS?

El NSDate función timeIntervalSinceDate: le dará la diferencia de dos fechas en cuestión de segundos.

 NSDate* date1 = someDate;
 NSDate* date2 = someOtherDate;
 NSTimeInterval distanceBetweenDates = [date1 timeIntervalSinceDate:date2];
 double secondsInAnHour = 3600;
 NSInteger hoursBetweenDates = distanceBetweenDates / secondsInAnHour;

Consulte la biblioteca de referencia de Apple http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/navigation/ o si está usando Xcode, simplemente seleccione ayuda / documentación en el menú.

Ver: cómo-convertir-un-n-tiempo-intervalo-segundos-en-minutos

--editar: Vea la respuesta de ÐąrέÐέvil a continuación para manejar correctamente el horario de verano / segundos bisiestos

NSCalendar *c = [NSCalendar currentCalendar];
NSDate *d1 = [NSDate date];
NSDate *d2 = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSince1970:1340323201];//2012-06-22
NSDateComponents *components = [c components:NSHourCalendarUnit fromDate:d2 toDate:d1 options:0];
NSInteger diff = components.minute;

NSDayCalendarUnit|NSHourCalendarUnit|NSMinuteCalendarUnit

Cambie los componentes necesarios por día, hora o minuto, la diferencia que desee. Si NSDayCalendarUnitse selecciona, devolverá el número de días entre dos fechas de manera similar para NSHourCalendarUnityNSMinuteCalendarUnit

Versión Swift 4

let cal = Calendar.current
let d1 = Date()
let d2 = Date.init(timeIntervalSince1970: 1524787200) // April 27, 2018 12:00:00 AM
let components = cal.dateComponents([.hour], from: d2, to: d1)
let diff = components.hour!

-(NSMutableString*) timeLeftSinceDate: (NSDate *) dateT {

    NSMutableString *timeLeft = [[NSMutableString alloc]init];

    NSDate *today10am =[NSDate date];

    NSInteger seconds = [today10am timeIntervalSinceDate:dateT];

    NSInteger days = (int) (floor(seconds / (3600 * 24)));
    if(days) seconds -= days * 3600 * 24;

    NSInteger hours = (int) (floor(seconds / 3600));
    if(hours) seconds -= hours * 3600;

    NSInteger minutes = (int) (floor(seconds / 60));
    if(minutes) seconds -= minutes * 60;

    if(days) {
        [timeLeft appendString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld Days", (long)days*-1]];
    }

    if(hours) {
        [timeLeft appendString:[NSString stringWithFormat: @"%ld H", (long)hours*-1]];
    }

    if(minutes) {
        [timeLeft appendString: [NSString stringWithFormat: @"%ld M",(long)minutes*-1]];
    }

    if(seconds) {
        [timeLeft appendString:[NSString stringWithFormat: @"%lds", (long)seconds*-1]];
    }

    return timeLeft;
}

Pago: Se encarga del horario de verano, año bisiesto, ya que usó el calendario de iOS para calcular. Puede cambiar la cadena y las condiciones para incluir minutos con horas y días.

+(NSString*)remaningTime:(NSDate*)startDate endDate:(NSDate*)endDate {

    NSDateComponents *components;
    NSInteger days;
    NSInteger hour;
    NSInteger minutes;
    NSString *durationString;

    components = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] components: NSCalendarUnitDay|NSCalendarUnitHour|NSCalendarUnitMinute
                                                 fromDate: startDate toDate: endDate options: 0];
    days = [components day];
    hour = [components hour];
    minutes = [components minute];

    if (days > 0) {

        if (days > 1) {
            durationString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d days", days];
        }
        else {
            durationString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d day", days];
        }
        return durationString;
    }

    if (hour > 0) {

        if (hour > 1) {
            durationString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d hours", hour];
        }
        else {
            durationString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d hour", hour];
        }
        return durationString;
    }

    if (minutes > 0) {

        if (minutes > 1) {
            durationString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d minutes", minutes];
        }
        else {
            durationString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d minute", minutes];
        }
        return durationString;
    }

    return @"";
}

Para aquellos que usan swift 3 y superior,

    let dateString1 = "2018-03-15T14:20:00.000Z"
    let dateString2 = "2018-03-20T14:20:00.000Z"

    let Dateformatter = DateFormatter()
    Dateformatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ"

    let date1 = Dateformatter.date(from: dateString1)
    let date2 = Dateformatter.date(from: dateString2)

    let distanceBetweenDates: TimeInterval? = date2?.timeIntervalSince(date1!)
    let secondsInAnHour: Double = 3600
    let secondsInDays: Double = 86400
    let secondsInWeek: Double = 604800

    let hoursBetweenDates = Int((distanceBetweenDates! / secondsInAnHour))
    let daysBetweenDates = Int((distanceBetweenDates! / secondsInDays))
    let weekBetweenDates = Int((distanceBetweenDates! / secondsInWeek))

    print(weekBetweenDates,"weeks")//0 weeks
    print(daysBetweenDates,"days")//5 days
    print(hoursBetweenDates,"hours")//120 hours