C-Labs/assessment1date/date1.c
2019-02-09 18:50:58 +00:00

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C

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
struct _date {
int day;
int month;
int year;
};
typedef struct _date date;
date getDate();
int dateDiff(date date1, date date2);
main(){
date date1 = getDate();
date date2 = getDate();
int diff = dateDiff(date1, date2);
printf("%i\n", diff);
}
/*
getDate function to get user entry of a valid date and
returns a date variable type
*/
date getDate(){
date entrydate = {0,0,0};
int days[12] = {31,28,31,30,31,30,31,31,30,31,30,31};
char mark[2];
/*
loop to get entry of date that quits when a valid date is given
should only run once if a valid date is entered, any errors result in continue statement
*/
while(1){
char input[12];
scanf("%s", input);
sscanf(input,"%i%c%i%c%i", &entrydate.day, &mark[0], &entrydate.month, &mark[1], &entrydate.year);
//printf("%i\t%i\t%i\n", entrydate.day, entrydate.month, entrydate.year);
if(mark[0] != mark[1])
{
fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Use Consistent Delimeters\n");
continue;
}
if(mark[0] != '/' && mark[0] != '-')
{
fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Use either / or - as delimiters\n");
continue;
}
if(entrydate.year > 10000 | entrydate.year < 1)
{
fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Enter A Valid Year, Less than 10000 and Greater Than 0\n");
continue;
}
if(entrydate.month > 12 | entrydate.year < 1)
{
fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Enter A Valid Month\n");
continue;
}
//checks that day entered is not outside range for month
if(entrydate.day > days[(entrydate.month) - 1] | entrydate.day < 1)
{
fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Enter A Valid Day For The Month Entered\n");
continue;
}
break;
}
return entrydate;
}
/*
Function to find difference between two dates
Calculated based on turning dates into number of days since 0/0/0000
and finding difference between these two numbers
*/
int dateDiff(date date1, date date2){
int date1day = 0, date2day = 0;
int days[] = {0,31,59,90,120,151,181,212,243,273,304,334}; //Cumulative Day Array
date1day += date1.day;
date1day += days[(date1.month) - 1];
date1day += (365*(date1.year));
date2day += date2.day;
date2day += days[(date2.month) - 1];
date2day += (365*(date2.year));
return (date2day - date1day);
}