//  BetterDate.java  (c) 2005 Kari Laitinen

//  http://www.naturalprogramming.com

//  2004-10-06  File created.
//  2005-05-25  Last modification.

//  During compilation, the files Date.java and DateDistance.java
//  must be in the same folder (directory) as this file.

//  Compile in MS-DOS window: javac BetterDate.java
//  Execute in MS-DOS window: java  BetterDateTester

class BetterDate  extends  Date
{
   public BetterDate( String date_as_string )
   {
      super( date_as_string ) ;
   }

   public String to_string_with_month_name()
   {
      String[]  names_of_months  =  

         { "January", "February", "March", "April",
           "May", "June", "July", "August",
           "September", "October", "November", "December" } ;

      return (  names_of_months[ this_month - 1 ]  + " "
                +  this_day  +  ", "  +  this_year ) ;
   }

   public String to_american_format_string()
   {
      char  saved_date_print_format  =  date_print_format ;

      date_print_format  =  'A' ;

      String  string_to_return  =  this.toString() ;

      date_print_format  =  saved_date_print_format ;

      return  string_to_return ;
   }
}

class  BetterDateTester
{
   public static void main( String[] not_in_use )
   {
      BetterDate  birthday_of_einstein  =  new  BetterDate("14.03.1879");

      System.out.print( "\n Albert Einstein was born on "
                     +  birthday_of_einstein  ) ;

      birthday_of_einstein.increment() ;

      System.out.print( "\n Albert was one day old on " 
                     +  birthday_of_einstein.to_string_with_month_name() ) ;

      birthday_of_einstein.increment() ;

      System.out.print( "\n Albert was two days old on "
                     +  birthday_of_einstein.to_american_format_string() ) ;
   }
}