//  class_current_date_extra.h   (c) 1999 Kari Laitinen

//  This file is similar to class_current_date.h but here
//  we calculate days, months, years, etc. without using
//  the localtime function of time.h.

//  Class Date must be included before this file because
//  class Current_date inherits Date. This file requires
//  also the inclusion of time.h.


class  Current_date  :  public  Date
{
public:
   Current_date( char given_date_print_format = 'A' ) ;
} ;

Current_date::Current_date( char given_date_print_format ) 
{
   time_t  seconds_to_decrement  ;

   time( &seconds_to_decrement ) ;

   // seconds_to_decrement contains now the seconds that have
   // elapsed since 1.1.1970 at 00:00:00 o'clock.
   // We can calculate the current date from these seconds 
   // when we know that every day consists of 86400 secons.

   Date  date_to_increment( 1, 1, 1970 ) ;

   while ( seconds_to_decrement  >=  86400 )
   {
      date_to_increment.increment() ;
      seconds_to_decrement  =  seconds_to_decrement  -  86400 ;
   }

   this_day    =  date_to_increment.day() ;
   this_month  =  date_to_increment.month() ;
   this_year   =  date_to_increment.year() ;

   date_print_format  =  given_date_print_format ;
}