#ifndef _ValiDate_CPP_
#define _ValiDate_CPP_
// INCLUDES
#include <classlib/date.h>
#include <iostream.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ctype.h>

//	NAME:  			ValiDate.CPP
// TYPE: 			C++ SOURCE FILE
//	SYNOPSIS:
// function validates a date input in the format DD/MM/YY
// function returns bool and accepts as an argument
// a pointer to the string to a string holding the date to validate

//	EXAMPLES:
//	BUGS:
//	SEE ALSO:
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Function Prototype to place in header
bool IsValiDate(const char* str);
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
/*
void main()
{
	char input[9] =" ";//{ "28/2/2000" };

	if(  IsValiDate( input) )
   	cout<< "\nDate is valid";

   else cout<< "\nDate is not valid";
   
   cout<<"\nPress any key to exit... ";
   while( !cin.get() )
   	;
}
*/
//////////////////////
// Function: 	bool IsValiDate(const char* str)
// Description:
// Returns:
// Argument1
/////////
 bool
IsValiDate(const char* str)
{
// checks for empty string
  if( !isdigit( str[0] ) )
  	return false;


// declarations
  char s1[3];			// define a local string
  char* dayStr =s1;	// assign a pointer to the string

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

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


// parse
   while( *str != '/' )		// digits b4 '/'
	   *dayStr++ = *str++;
   *dayStr++ ='\0';			// terminate
   ++str;                  // skip '/'


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

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

//
   DayTy day     = static_cast<DayTy>( atoi( s1 ) );
   MonthTy month = static_cast<MonthTy>( atoi( s2 ) );
   YearTy year   = static_cast< YearTy>( atoi( s3 ) );


// construct a TDate object to validate with
   TDate date(day, month, year);
   if( date.IsValid() )
	   return true;

   return false;

}

#endif	//  _ValiDate_CPP_