#include <iostream .h>

//class declaration

class Date

{

    friend ostream& operator<<(ostream&, const Date&);  //overload inserter operator

    friend istream& operator>>(istream&, Date&);             //overload extractor operator

private:

     int month;

     int day;

     int year;

public:

     Date (int = 7, int = 4, int = 96);       //constructor

};

//implementation section

//overloaded insertion operator function

ostream& operator<<(ostream& out, const Date& adate)

{

  out << adate.month << '/' << adate.day << '/' << adate.year;

  return out;

}

// overloaded extraction operator function

istream& operator>> (istream& in, Date& somedate)

{

   in >> somedate.month;    //accept the month part

  in.ignore(1);      //ignore 1 character, the / character

  in >> somedate.day;   // get the day part

  in.ignore(1);   // ignore 1 character, the / character

  in >> somedate.year;   // get the year part

  return in;

}

Date : :Date (int mm, int dd, int yy)    // constructor

{

   month = mm;

   day = dd;

   year = yy;

}

int main()

{

   Date a;

   cout << "Enter a date: ";

   cin >> a;    // accept the date using cin

   cout << "The date just entered is " << a << endl;

  return 0;

}