Try this perhaps,
http://www.daniweb.com/code/snippet367.html
A useful snippet from one of our cprog members, if you might be having trouble handling actual dates.
And I found this useful
http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial/string.html
Code:
string::iterator my_iter;
for(my_iter = my_string.begin(); my_string != my_string.end(); my_iter++)
{
cout<<*my_iter;
}
If you use the iterator method look out for this little bug btw
Code:
string::iterator my_iter;
for(my_iter = my_string.begin(); my_iter != my_string.end(); my_iter++)
{
cout<<*my_iter;
}