? random date generator in class won't work ?

[nscruggs]

so i'm trying to implement a random generating date so that everytime it is called a new random date will pop up! but it seems like everytime i run it, my program just shows the presaved memory as the variable (which should be the random number) i will post my code below! any tips would be appreciated!

// date.h
#ifndef DATE_H
#define DATE_H

#include <ctime>
#include <cstdlib>


class Date
{

private:
	int day;
	int month;
	int year;

public:
    Date(){
       srand(time(NULL));


    }//end Date construct
    void getDate(int , int , int );

    void printDate();

};

#endif 

//date.cpp
#include "date.h"
#include <iostream>


using namespace std;

void Date::getDate(int day, int month, int year)
{

         day = rand() % 30 + 1;
         month = rand() % 11 + 1;
         year = 1900 + rand() % 69 + 20;

}
void Date::printDate()
{
    cout << month << '/' << day << '/' << year << endl;
}

//main.cpp

#include "address.h"
#include "date.h"




using namespace std;

int main(){


    

    Date d;
//    d.getDate();
    d.printDate();


    return 0;

please don't be afraid to shoot down my whole code...i'm quite a beginner :)

the number it keeps outputting as this simple date is this "100/400/2147348480" so obviously that's not the parameters that i wanted my randoms to be in lol

[jsmith]

You aren't calling getDate().

Also note that srand( time( NULL ) ); will generate the same sequence of random numbers if time(NULL) returns
the same value (it returns seconds, so you cannot run your program more than once per second).

[nscruggs]

it's giving me this wack error that says :error: no matching function for call to 'Date::getDate()' on the line 17 of the main...or the getDate call...???

[nscruggs]

nevermind! i figured it out! thanks jsmith! i appreciate the information on the psuedo random