The rjulmdy() function

The demo directory contains this sample program in the rjulmdy.ec file.

/*
   * rjulmdy.ec *

   The following program accepts a date entered from the console and converts 
   it to an array of three short integers that contain the month, day, and year. 
*/

#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
   int4 i_date;
   short mdy_array[3];
   mint errnum;
   char date[20];
   mint x;

   static char fmtstr[9] = "mmddyyyy";

   printf("RJULMDY Sample ESQL Program running.\n\n");

   /* Allow user to enter a date */
   printf("Enter a date as a single string, month.day.year\n");
   gets(date);

   printf("\nThe date string is %s.\n", date);

   /* Put entered date in internal format */
   if (x = rdefmtdate(&i_date, fmtstr, date))
      printf("Error %d on rdefmtdate conversion\n", x);
   else
      {

   /* Convert from internal format to MDY array */
      if ((errnum = rjulmdy(i_date, mdy_array)) == 0)
         {
         printf("\tThe month component is: %d\n", mdy_array[0]);
         printf("\tThe  day  component is: %d\n", mdy_array[1]);
         printf("\tThe year  component is: %d\n", mdy_array[2]);
         }
      else
         printf("rjulmdy() call failed with error %d", errnum);
      }

    printf("\nRJULMDY Sample Program over.\n\n");
}