#include <iostream.h>
#include <iomanip.h>

// class declaration

class Date
{
  private:
    int month, day, year;
  public:
    Date(int = 7, int = 4, int = 2001);    // constructor
    operator long();        // conversion operator function
    void showdate();
};

// implementation section

// constructor
Date::Date(int mm, int dd, int yyyy)
{
  month = mm;
  day = dd;
  year = yyyy;
}

// conversion operator function converting from Date to long
Date::operator long()   // must return a long
{
  long yyyymmdd;

  yyyymmdd = year * 10000.0 + month * 100.0 + day;

  return(yyyymmdd);
}

// member function to display a date
void Date::showdate()
{
  cout << setfill('0')
       << setw(2) << month << '/' 
       << setw(2) << day << '/' 
       << setw(2) << year % 100;
  cout << endl;

  return;
}

int main()
{
  Date a(4,1,1999);  // declare and initialize one object of type date
  long b;          // declare an object of type long

  b = a;           // a conversion takes place here

  cout << "a's date is ";
  a.showdate();
  cout << "This date, as a long integer, is " << b << endl;

  return 0;
}