/**
 * A version of GTDate that is specialized to handle European style dates
 */
public class EuropeanDate extends GTDate {

    /**
     * Constructor
     * @param day
     * @param month
     * @param year
     */
    public EuropeanDate(int day, int month, int year) {
        super(month, day, year); // just call teh GTDate constructor
    }

    /**
     * @return date in european style
     */
    public String toString() {
        return "€"+day + "/" + month + "/" + year;
    }

    /**
     * Handle string in European form
     * @param a string -- presumably holding a date
     */
    public boolean equals(String oString) {
        System.out.println("Equals String");
        if (oString.length()<7) {
            return false;
        }
        //return oString.equals(toString()); // works sometimes but fragile
        // so break the string up into components
        // first strip off the € if it is there
        if (oString.charAt(0)=='€') {
            oString = oString.substring(1);
        }
        String[] ss = oString.split("/");
        if (ss.length == 3) {
            try {
                int d = Integer.parseInt(ss[0]);
                int m = Integer.parseInt(ss[1]);
                int y = Integer.parseInt(ss[2]);
                //System.out.println(m + "." + d + "." + y);
                // should I check for american??
                return y == year && m == month && d == day;
            } catch (Exception ee) {
                return false;
            }
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        GTDate d1 = new GTDate(1, 2, 10);
        EuropeanDate d2 = new EuropeanDate(2, 1, 10);
        System.out.println(d1 + " equals? " + d2 + " " + d1.equals(d2));
        System.out.println(d2 + " equals? " + d1 + " " + d2.equals(d1));
        String s1 = "€1/2/10";
        System.out.println(d1 + " equals? " + s1 + " " + d2.equals(s1));
        System.out.println(d1 + " equals? " + s1 + " " + d1.equals(s1));
        System.out.println(s1 + " equals? " + d2 + " " + s1.equals(d1));
        System.out.println(s1 + " equals? " + d2 + " " + s1.equals(d2.toString()));
        
    }

}