#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include "date.h"
using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
	date d;

	cout << "Please input a date in the format m/d/y and press RETURN: ";
	cin >> d;     //operator>>(cin, d);

	if (!cin) {   //if (cin.operator!()) {
		if (cin.eof()) {
			cerr << argv[0] << ": end of file\n";
		} else if (cin.bad()) {
			cerr << argv[0] << ": can't hear from outside world\n";
		} else if (cin.fail()) {
			cerr << argv[0] << ": input not in the format m/d/y\n";
		} else {
			cerr << argv[0] << ": don't know why input failed\n";
		}
	}

	//operator<<(operator<<(operator<<(cout, "The date was "), d), ".\n");
	cout << "The date was " << d << ".\n";

	return cin ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE;
}