---
title: distantPast
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: foundation/nsdate/distantpast
---

# distantPast

A date object representing a date in the distant past.

## Declaration

```swift
class var distantPast: Date { get }
```

## Return Value

Return Value An NSDate object representing a date in the distant past (in terms of centuries).

## Discussion

Discussion You can use this object as a control date, a guaranteed temporal boundary.

## See Also

### Getting Temporal Boundaries

- [distantFuture](foundation/nsdate/distantfuture.md)