int secondsAdjustment = 1;
NSDate* myLastViewed = item.lastviewed;
    NSDate* myLastTouched = item.lasttouched;


 if ([myLastViewed isKindOfClass:[NSNull class] ]||myLastViewed==nil) {
        NSLog(@"last viewed null");
        if ([myLastTouched isKindOfClass:[NSNull class]]||myLastTouched==nil) {
            NSLog(@"last touched is also null so set both to now");
             myLastViewed = [NSDate date];
            myLastTouched = [NSDate date];
            NSLog(@"my LastViewed after setting to now is:%@",myLastViewed);
            NSLog(@"my LastTouched after setting to now is:%@",myLastTouched);
        }
        else {
            NSLog(@"last touched is not null so I will set viewed to it");
            myLastViewed=myLastTouched;
        }
    }

if (myLastViewed!=nil&&![myLastViewed isKindOfClass:[NSNull class]]) {
         _lastViewedAdjusted = [NSDate dateWithTimeInterval:secondsAdjustment sinceDate:myLastViewed];
NSLog(@"making adjustment"); //THIS Logs
    }
else {
 NSLog(@"something went wrong"); //THIS DOES NOT.  Never get here
}
NSLog(@"lastViewedAdjusted%@",_lastViewedAdjusted);//THIS IS logging as NULL