Date Class Reference

#include <date.h>

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
	Date ()
	Date (int mm, int dd, int yy)
void	setDate (int mm, int dd, int yy)
void	input (istream &in)
void	output (ostream &out) const
bool	before (const Date &date) const
bool	equal (const Date &date) const
bool	after (const Date &date) const
Private Attributes
int	mm
int	dd
int	yy
Friends
ostream &	operator<< (ostream &out, const Date &date)
istream &	operator>> (istream &in, Date &date)

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Detailed Description

A class for storing dates. Dates are in the format MM/DD/YYYY.

Author:

Mark Maloof (maloof@cs)

Version:

1.0, 7/13/10

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Date::Date

(

)

Default constructor. Sets a defalt object to "01/01/2000".

Date::Date	(	int	mm,
		int	dd,
		int	yy
	)

Explicit constructor. Sets the date to the specified values.

Parameters:

	mm	the month, an int value in [1, 12]
	dd	the day, an int value in [1, 28, 30, 31], depending on the month
	yy	the year, an int value greater than or equal to 0

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Member Function Documentation

void Date::setDate	(	int	mm,
		int	dd,
		int	yy
	)

Sets this Date object. Fails silently by not setting values that are out of range.

Parameters:

	mm	the month, an int value in [1, 12]
	dd	the day, an int value in [1, 28, 30, 31], depending on the month
	yy	the year, an int value greater than or equal to 0

void Date::input

(

istream &

in

)

Inputs or reads a Date object in the format "MM/DD/YYYY" from the input stream. Sets the fail bit of the input stream if the object is improperly formatted.

Parameters:

in

the input stream for reading

void Date::output

(

ostream &

out

)

const

Ouputs this Date object in the format "MM/DD/YYYY" to the specified output stream with an end-of-line character.

Parameters:

out

the output stream

bool Date::before

(

const Date &

date

)

const

Returns true if this date is before the specified date; returns false otherwise.

Parameters:

date

the specified date

Returns:

a bool indicating whether this date is before the parameter

bool Date::equal

(

const Date &

date

)

const

Returns true if this date is equal to the specified date; returns false otherwise.

Parameters:

date

the specified date

Returns:

a bool indicating whether this date is equal to the parameter

bool Date::after

(

const Date &

date

)

const

Returns true if this date is after the specified date; returns false otherwise.

Parameters:

date

the specified date

Returns:

a bool indicating whether this date is after the parameter

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Friends And Related Function Documentation

ostream& operator<<	(	ostream &	out,
		const Date &	date
	)			[friend]

Inserts a Date object in the format "MM/DD/YYYY" into the output stream, and returns the modified output stream.

Parameters:

	out	the output stream for insertion
	date	the Date object for insertion

Returns:

the modified output stream

istream& operator>>	(	istream &	in,
		Date &	date
	)			[friend]

Extracts a Date object in the format "MM/DD/YYYY" from the input stream, and returns the modified input stream.

Parameters:

	in	the input stream for extraction
	date	the Date object for storing the extracted information

Returns:

the modified input stream

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Member Data Documentation

int Date::mm [private]

the month of the year

int Date::dd [private]

the day of the month

int Date::yy [private]

the year

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• date.h
• date.cc