NSDate* now = [NSDate date];

int hour = 23 - [[now dateWithCalendarFormat:nil timeZone:nil] hourOfDay];
int min = 59 - [[now dateWithCalendarFormat:nil timeZone:nil] minuteOfHour];
int sec = 59 - [[now dateWithCalendarFormat:nil timeZone:nil] secondOfMinute];
countdownLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%02d:%02d:%02d", hour, min,sec];

warning: 'NSDate' may not respond to '-dateWithCalendarFormat:timeZone:'
(Messages without a matching method signature will be assumed to return 'id' and accept '...' as arguments.)
warning: no '-hourOfDay' method found
error: invalid operands to binary - (have 'int' and 'id')

NSCalendar *gregorian = [[NSCalendar alloc] initWithCalendarIdentifier:NSGregorianCalendar];
NSDateComponents *dateComponents = [gregorian components:(NSHourCalendarUnit  | NSMinuteCalendarUnit | NSSecondCalendarUnit) fromDate:yourDateHere];
NSInteger hour = [dateComponents hour];
NSInteger minute = [dateComponents minute];
NSInteger second = [dateComponents second];
[gregorian release];

NSDate* now = [NSDate date];
int hour = 23 - [[now dateWithCalendarFormat:nil timeZone:nil] hourOfDay];
int min = 59 - [[now dateWithCalendarFormat:nil timeZone:nil] minuteOfHour];
int sec = 59 - [[now dateWithCalendarFormat:nil timeZone:nil] secondOfMinute];
countdownLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%02d:%02d:%02d", hour, min,sec];

NSDate* now = [NSDate date];
NSCalendar *gregorian = [[NSCalendar alloc] initWithCalendarIdentifier:NSGregorianCalendar];
NSDateComponents *dateComponents = [gregorian components:(NSHourCalendarUnit  | NSMinuteCalendarUnit | NSSecondCalendarUnit) fromDate:now];
NSInteger hour = [dateComponents hour];
NSInteger minute = [dateComponents minute];
NSInteger second = [dateComponents second];
[gregorian release];
countdownLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%02d:%02d:%02d", hour, minute, second];

NSDate *currDate = [NSDate date];
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc]init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"dd.MM.YY HH:mm:ss"];
NSString *dateString = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:currDate];
NSLog(@"%@",dateString);

NSDate *now = [NSDate date];
NSCalendar *calendar = [NSCalendar currentCalendar];
NSDateComponents *components = [calendar components:NSHourCalendarUnit fromDate:now];
NSLog(@"%d", [components hour]);

NSDate *now = [NSDate date];

//maybe not 100% approved, but it works in English.  You could localize if necessary
NSDate *midnight = [NSDate dateWithNaturalLanguageString:@"midnight tomorrow"];

//num of seconds between mid and now
NSTimeInterval timeInt = [midnight timeIntervalSinceDate:now];
int hours = (int) timeInt/3600;
int minutes = ((int) timeInt % 3600) / 60;
int seconds = (int) timeInt % 60;

CFGregorianDate currentDate = CFAbsoluteTimeGetGregorianDate(CFAbsoluteTimeGetCurrent(), CFTimeZoneCopySystem());
countdownLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:"%02d:%02d:%2.0f", currentDate.hour, currentDate.minute, currentDate.second];

int* a, b;

int *a, b;

int b, *a;

int *a;
int b;

CFGregorianDate currentDate = CFAbsoluteTimeGetGregorianDate(CFAbsoluteTimeGetCurrent(), CFTimeZoneCopySystem());
countdownLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%02d:%02d:%2.0f", currentDate.hour, currentDate.minute, currentDate.second];

NSDateComponents *dc = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] components:NSDayCalendarUnit|NSMonthCalendarUnit|NSYearCalendarUnit fromDate:[NSDate date]];
[dc setDay:dc.day + 1];
NSDate *midnightDate = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] dateFromComponents:dc];
NSLog(@"Now: %@, Tonight Midnight: %@, Hours until midnight: %.1f", [NSDate date], midnightDate, [midnightDate timeIntervalSinceDate:[NSDate date]] / 60.0 / 60.0);