Code and test a class for the date: Please help

[tudyfruity18]

I'm having a little trouble will my coding, I'm suppose to set the methods with three parameters that returns a bool. Next assign the parameter to the properties and return a true if all three parameters are valid. Then assign zeros to the porperties and return a false if any/all of the parameters are invalid.

1st parameter represents the month number (1-12)
2nd parameter represents the day of month, day must be valid based on the month.
3rd parameter represents the years:
( if the year is between 0 and 99, its valid;
if the year is between 1800 and 2030, it is valid;
if the year is between 0 and 29, store it as 2000-2029;
if the year is between 30 and 99, store it as 1930-1999)

Here's my coding so far:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
 
class MyDate
{
private:
    int Month;
    int Day;
    int Year;
public:
    int getMonth()
    { 
        return Month;
    }
    int getDay()
    { 
        return Day;
    }
    int getYear()
    { 
        return Year;
    }
    void set(int Month_param, int Day_param, int Year_param)
    {
        Month = Month_param;
        Day = Day_param;
        Year = Year_param;
 
 
    }
};
 
 
    int main()
{
return 0;
}

[kaioshin00]

If I understood the directions correctly you have to make the return type of your "set" function be a bool.

Inside the set function you have to check if each the parameters are valid. Right now, you don't have any checks in there.

[tudyfruity18]

If I understood the directions correctly you have to make the return type of your "set" function be a bool.

Inside the set function you have to check if each the parameters are valid. Right now, you don't have any checks in there.

How do I go about checking to see if the parameters are valid, do I have to do if statements to find that out or what?

[kaioshin00]

How do I go about checking to see if the parameters are valid, do I have to do if statements to find that out or what?

Correct

So you might have something like this

bool set(int Month_param, int Day_param, int Year_param) 
{
<spoonfeed code removed}
 

Does that make sense?

And also, don't forget to do this:

Then assign zeros to the porperties and return a false if any/all of the parameters are invalid.

[weaknessforcats]

Consider your class design. A valid date must have the month between 1 and 12 and the day between 1 to 31 (or 30 or 29 or 28) and a year valid for the Gregorian calendar. Most classes like this establish an arbitrary minimum year.

For the date object to be consistent, you cannot have a method that just accepts a month because that can affect the day that is already in the object (and if it's not already in the object, then you have other problems).

So, your set method should have three arguments and it shoujld return a bool to indicate whether the three arguments constitute a valid date.

This will apply to your constructors. You will need one with three arguments.

If you have a default constructor (no arguments) then that constructor will have to establish a valid default value for the month, day and year (and zeros or -1 are the wrong answer).

The get methods that return the month or the day or the year are OK for starters.

[tudyfruity18]

Correct

So you might have something like this

bool set(int Month_param, int Day_param, int Year_param) 
{
<spoonfeed code removed}
 

Does that make sense?

And also, don't forget to do this:

If you have any more advice or examples to give on the topic please do I need all the help there is.