#include <classlib/date.h>
#include <cstring.h>
#include <iostream.h>
#include <stdlib.h>	// itoa()


TDate StringToDate( char* );

/*	// Driver
void main()
{
	char str[] ={"27/02/1999"};

   cout<< StringToDate(str);
   
   cout<<"\nPress any key to exit... ";

   while( !cin.get() )
   	;


}*/
//////////////////////
// Function: 		char* DateToString(TDate&)
//
// Description:   constructs a string from the members
// 					of a TDate
// Returns:       pointer to a string
// Argument1		reference to DateStruct
/////////

TDate StringToDate( char* str )
{
// create strings to put values in
  char s1[3];
  char* dayStr =s1;

  char s2[3];
  char* monthStr =s2;

  char s3[5];
  char* yearStr =s3;

// parse
   if( ! (*str) ) str++;	// skip leading 0
   while( *str != '/' )		// digits b4 '/'
	   *dayStr++ = *str++;
   *dayStr++ ='\0';			// add terminating character
   ++str;                  // skip '/'


   if( ! (*str) ) str++;	// skip leading 0

   while( *str != '/' )
	   *monthStr++ = *str++;
   *monthStr++ ='\0';
   str++;


   while( *str != '\0' )
	   *yearStr++ = *str++;
   *yearStr++ ='\0';


	TDate d( atoi(s1), atoi(s2), atoi(s3) );

   return d;

}