Problem with itoa() perhaps?

Okay, I've tried everything I can think of including couts all over the place to see what my values looks like and I'm out of ideas, so I'll see if anyone else can figure it out.
For starters, I'm using Dev-C++ 4.9.9.2, though I doubt it matters for this.

I have a simple Date class in Date.h and Date.cpp. I'm including <string> and <cstdlib>.

Here is my constructor:

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explicit Date();

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Date::Date()
{
    month = 1;
    day = 1;
    year = 1900;
}

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Here is the function I suspect is causing trouble:

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string getDate() const;

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string Date::getDate() const
{
    char m[2], d[2], y[4];
    string date;
   
    // Convert the date fields to strings.
  itoa( month, m, 10 );
  itoa( day, d, 10 );
  itoa( year, y, 10 );
   
    // Assemble the date fields.
    if( month < 10 )
        date += "0";
    date += m;
    date += "/";
    if( day < 10 )
        date += "0";
    date += d;
    date += "/";
    date += y;
 
    return date;
}

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Currently, this is the only code left in main, I have commented everything else out:

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static Date currentDate;

cout << currentDate.getMonth() << endl;
cout << currentDate.getDay() << endl;
cout << currentDate.getYear() << endl;
cout << currentDate.getDate();

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And this is the output I'm getting:
1
1
1900
1/0/1900

also If I change the day in the default constructor such as month = 10; day = 10;
the output becomes:
10
10
1900
//1900

If anyone knows whats up let me know please.

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char m[2], d[2], y[4];

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m: enough space for 1 character and a null
d: enough space for 1 character and a null
y: enough space for 3 characters and a null

Afraid of sprintf?

Use of itoa is completely unnecessary, I think numbers can be inserted into a string on their own.

It would probably be better to use a stringstream or sprintf, since those are standard (itoa is not) and they work directly with the C++ string class.

>> I think numbers can be inserted into a string on their own
No, you cannot simply insert a number into a string.

basic stringstream example:

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#include <sstream>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    stringstream ss;
    int day = 2;
    int month = 3;
    string target;

    ss << day << month;
    target = ss.str();

    return 0;
}

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Problem with itoa() perhaps?

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Yes. Problem? Using it. Solution? Don't use it. Buggy. Error-prone. EOF.

See above posts for alternatives.