Example using the TDate date object

int main()
{
// types are unsigned int declared in date.h
  DayTy outDay;
  MonthTy outMonth;
  YearTy outYear;

// user inputs date
  cout<<"\n\nEnter a date "  
      << "\n Day: ";
  cin>> outDay;
  cout<< "\n Month: ";
  cin>>  outMonth;
  cout<< "\n Year: ";
  cin>> outYear;
  cin.ignore();	  // dispense with final '\n'

// initialise a TDate obj
  TDate date1(outDay, outMonth, outYear);
  TDate::SetPrintOption(TDate::EuropeanNumbers);
  string astring;
  astring =date1.AsString();
  cout << "\nstring is: " << astring;


// if date is valid output file
  if( date1.IsValid() )
  {
  ofstream fout;
  if( !fout)  //on file openeing error
  {
     cerr<< "\nunable to open file for output"
   	 << "\nPress any key to exit... ";
   while( !cin.get() )
    ;
   return -1;
  }

// output to file
  fout.open("c:/data/owl/datetest.dat");
  fout<< outDay   <<'\t' // '\t' handy delimiter
      << outMonth <<'\t'
      << outYear  <<'\t';
  fout.close();

  ifstream fin("c:/data/owl/datetest.dat");
  if(!fin)	// on file open error
  {
  	cerr<< "\nunable to open file for input"
   	 << "\nPress any key to exit... ";
   while( !cin.get() )
     ;
   return -1;
   }

// some new variables
  DayTy inDay;
  MonthTy inMonth;
  YearTy inYear;

  fin>> inDay;
  fin >> inMonth;
  fin  >> inYear;
  fin.close();

// initialise a different TDate obj
  TDate date2(inDay, inMonth, inYear);
  cout << "\nThe saved and loaded date is: ";
  PrintDate(date2);
  }

// date not valid
  else
  {
  	cerr << "The date input is not valid";
  }

// display output for user
  cout<< "\nPress any key to exit... ";

  while( !cin.get() )
   ;
  return 0;
} // main()

//////////////////////
// Function: 	void PrintDate ( TDate&  )
// Description:	prints TDate with pretty 
//		format including day of wk
// returns:     void
// Argument1    ref to TDate to print
/////////
  void
  PrintDate ( TDate& date )	// prints a date
  {
    cout << date.NameOfDay() << " ";
    cout << date.NameOfMonth() << " ";
    cout << date.DayOfMonth() << ", " << date.Year();
  }
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#endif _DATETEST_CPP_