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class Date
{ //data
public:
	Date(int =1,int=1,int=1900);//default constructor
	
	Date &setDate(int,int,int);		
	Date &setMonth(int); //set month
	Date &setDay(int); //set day
	Date &setYear(int); //set year

	int getMonth() const;
	int getDay() const;
	int getYear() const;
	void print() const;  
	

protected:
	int month;
	int day;
	int year;

	

  //data

};
	
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

	// Date constructor with range checking
	Date::Date(int m, int d, int y)	
	{
		month= (m > 0 && m<=12)? m:1;
		day=(d>=1 && y<=31)?y:1; 
		year=(y>=1900 && y <2500)? y:1900;
	}
	
	
	
	Date &Date::setDate(int m,int d,int y)
	{
		month= (m > 0 && m<=12)? m:1;
		day=(d>=1 && d<=31)?d:1; 
		year=(y>=1900 && y <2500)? y: 1900;
		return *this;
	}

	//Set function
	Date &Date::setMonth(int m)
	{
		month=(m > 0 && m<=12)? m:1;
		return *this; //enables chaining
	}

	Date &Date::setDay(int d)
	{
		day=(d>=1 && d<=31)?d:1; 
		return *this; //enables chaining
	}

	Date &Date::setYear(int y)
	{
		year=(y>=1900 && y <2500)? y: 1900;
		return *this; //enables chaining
	}

	//Get function
	int Date::getMonth() const
	{ return month; }

	int Date::getDay() const
	{ return day;}

	int Date::getYear() const
	{ return year;}

	//Display print function
	void Date::print() const
	{
		cout<<month<<" "<< day<<" " << year<<"\n";
	}

//Just give me brief explaination and ideas.. to do.these .Thanks	
//A method that takes two dates as arguments
//and return true(or 1)provided the first date
//occurs before the second date else return false(or 0)

	//class earlier:public Date
	//just tell me what should i do ? 
               //do i need to get user keyin for two dates?
	
//A method  Christmas which given a date, should return 
//the number of days until the next Christmas day(December,25)
	
	
	//class christmas:public Date
	//just tell me what should i do?

//Given two date,return no. of days between the given two dates.
//For e.g. daysBetween(Date(12,4,1970),Date(22,4,1970) is 10.
//The program should cope with dates having different months.
	
	
	//class Compare:public Date
	//just tell me what should i do...?
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////	
main()
{
	 Date d1;
	 d1.setMonth(07).setDay(27).setYear(1982);
	 cout<<"Henry Birthday: ";
	 d1.print();
	 
		 return 0;
}

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