Generate Yearly Calendar in C++

A pure C++ class to print the yearly calendar  of a given year, on the console. Compiled in g++ under Linux. Should compile fine in VC++ with no or minimal changes as no OS specific code has been used.

 

/**
 * Class to generate a yearly calendar
 * Amit Sengupta, 2015 Truelogic.org
 * Using g++, Linux Mint 18
 */

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <iomanip>

using namespace std;

class Cal {

	public:
		Cal(void);
		void getYearly(int year);

	protected:
		int mYear;
		string mMonths[13];
		string mWeekDays [8];
		int mDays [13];
		int firstDayOfMonth(int month, int year);

		static const int YEAR_ROW_WIDTH  = 35; // width of a row in yearly display

};

/**
 * Constructor - initialize data 
 *
 */
Cal::Cal(void) {
		mMonths[0] = "";	// month starts from 1
		mMonths[1] = "January";
		mMonths[2] = "February";
		mMonths[3] = "March";
		mMonths[4] = "April";
		mMonths[5] = "May";
		mMonths[6] = "June";
		mMonths[7] = "July";
		mMonths[8] = "August";
		mMonths[9] = "September";
		mMonths[10] = "October";
		mMonths[11] = "November";
		mMonths[12] = "December";

		mDays[0] =0;
		mDays[1] = 31;
		mDays[2] = 28;
		mDays[3] = 31;
		mDays[4] = 30;
		mDays[5] = 31;
		mDays[6] = 30;
		mDays[7] = 31;
		mDays[8] = 31;
		mDays[9] = 30;
		mDays[10] = 31;
		mDays[11] = 30;
		mDays[12] = 31;

		mWeekDays[0] = "";
		mWeekDays[1] = "Sun";
		mWeekDays[2] = "Mon";
		mWeekDays[3] = "Tue";
		mWeekDays[4] = "Wed";
		mWeekDays[5] = "Thu";
		mWeekDays[6] = "Fri";
		mWeekDays[7] = "Sat";


}

/**
 * Using a standard c++ algorithm to find day of week for a date
 * Parameters:
 *  month - month number
 *  year - year
 * Returns:
 *	dow = day of week, sun =0, mon=1 etc.
 */
int Cal::firstDayOfMonth(int month, int year) {
	int dow = 0;
	int day = 1;

    int t[] = { 0, 3, 2, 5, 0, 3, 5, 1, 4, 6, 2, 4 };
    year -= month < 3;
    dow = ( year + year/4 - year/100 + year/400 + t[month-1] + day) % 7;

	return dow;
}

/**
 * Print yearly calendar
 * Parameters:
 *  year - year to print for
 */
void Cal::getYearly(int year) {

	mYear = year;
	if (mYear < 1900 || mYear > 2100) {
		std::cout << "Year must be between 1900 and 2100" << endl;
		return;
	}

	// check for leap year
	if ((mYear % 4 == 0 && mYear % 100 != 0) || (mYear % 400 == 0))
		mDays[2] = 29;

	int leftPadding = 0;
	for (int i =1; i <=12; i ++) {
		
		// center month label
		leftPadding = (YEAR_ROW_WIDTH - mMonths[i].size()) / 2;
		for (int x =0; x < leftPadding; x++) {
			cout << "  ";
		}
		cout << mMonths[i] << endl;
		
		//print weekday labels
		for (int j = 1; j <= 7; j++) {
			cout << setw(5) << mWeekDays[j] << setw(2) << "   ";
		}
		cout << endl;

		// print days
		int daysPrinted = 0;
		for (int j = 1; j <= mDays[i]; j++) {
			// move display head to the correct day of week for 1st
			if (j == 1) {
				int dow = firstDayOfMonth(i, mYear);
				for (int spaces=0; spaces < dow; spaces++) {
					cout << setw(5) << " " << setw(2) << "   ";
					daysPrinted ++;
				}
			}

			cout << setw(5) << j << setw(2) << "   ";
			daysPrinted ++;
			if (daysPrinted % 7 == 0) {
				cout << endl;
				daysPrinted = 0;
			}
		}
		cout << endl << setw(35) << "----------------------------------------------------------------" << endl;
	}
}

int main() {
	
	Cal cal;
	cal.getYearly(2015);

}


Sample output is given below:

Screenshot from 2015-09-12 19:12:17

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