Bunch of refactoring & small changes. Implemented epoch time as an output & fully implemented time input system.

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
 
 add_executable(${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}
         src/main.cpp
+        src/distime.cpp
 )
 
 target_include_directories(${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE lib)

README.md

@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ Mainly made in mind with Linux (Although it will in the future work on Windows t
 The program should run purely in the terminal, working on Windows and Linux.
 It should take a couple of commandline arguments based on 
 
-1. What time format (By default 'f').
+1. What time format (By default 'f')
 2. Short format (HH MM SS) or long format (DD MM YY HH MM SS)
+3. A help command for giving information on the time stamps
 
 It start the output as: 
 - Current time

include/distime.h

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+//
+// Created by theskywinds on 25-06-25.
+//
+
+#ifndef DISTIME_H
+#define DISTIME_H
+
+#include <ctime>
+
+namespace distime {
+    void parseTimeInput(std::tm &resultTime, const std::tm &currentTime);
+}
+#endif //DISTIME_H

src/distime.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#include "../include/distime.h"
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <iostream>
+
+namespace distime {
+    void parseTimeInput(std::tm &resultTime, const std::tm &currentTime) {
+        std::string timeInput{};
+        bool continueLoop{true};
+        while (continueLoop) {
+            // Unique formatting of 'cout' should make the output easier to predict
+            std::cout
+            //blank
+            << "\nCurrent time: " << std::put_time(&currentTime, "%d-%m-%Y %H:%M\n")
+            //blank
+            << "Day (dd) Month (mm) Year(yyyy) 24 Hour (HH) Minute (MM)\n"
+            << ">: ";
+
+            std::getline(std::cin, timeInput);
+
+            int spaceCheck = static_cast<int>(std::ranges::count(timeInput.cbegin(), timeInput.cend(), ' '));
+
+            if (spaceCheck != 4) {
+                if (spaceCheck < 4)
+                    std::cout << "Too few spaces\n";
+                else if (spaceCheck > 4)
+                    std::cout << "Too many spaces\n";
+                std::cout << "Example of a working input: '25 02 2015 06 00' \n";
+                std::cout << "Press enter to continue...";
+                std::cin.get();
+                continue;
+            }
+            continueLoop = false;
+        }
+
+
+        std::istringstream timeStream {timeInput};
+
+        int day, month, year, hour, minute;
+
+        timeStream >> day >> month >> year >> hour >> minute;
+
+        // Assign the values to resultTime
+        resultTime.tm_mday = day;
+        resultTime.tm_mon = month - 1;
+        resultTime.tm_year = year - 1900;
+        resultTime.tm_hour = hour;
+        resultTime.tm_min = minute;
+        resultTime.tm_sec = 0;
+    }
+}

src/main.cpp

@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 #include <iostream>
+#include <algorithm>
 #include "CLI11.hpp"
+#include "../include/distime.h"
 
-class MyFormatter : public CLI::Formatter {
-public:
-    MyFormatter() : Formatter() {}
-    std::string make_usage([[maybe_unused]] const CLI::App *app, [[maybe_unused]] std::string name) const override {
-        return "USAGE: " + name + " [OPTIONS]";
+void validateTimeFormatSelection(char timeFormat) {
+    if (timeFormat != 'F' && timeFormat != 'f' &&
+        timeFormat != 'D' && timeFormat != 'd' &&
+        timeFormat != 'T' && timeFormat != 't' &&
+        timeFormat != 'R') {
+        throw std::invalid_argument("Invalid time format selected");
     }
-};
+}
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     CLI::App app{};
-    auto fmt = std::make_shared<MyFormatter>();
-    app.formatter(fmt);
+    app.usage("USAGE: distime [OPTIONS]");
 
     char timeFormat {};
 
@@ -22,24 +24,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
     CLI11_PARSE(app, argc, argv);
 
-    try {
-        if (timeFormat != 'F' && timeFormat != 'f' &&
-            timeFormat != 'D' && timeFormat != 'd' &&
-            timeFormat != 'T' && timeFormat != 't' &&
-            timeFormat != 'R') {
-            throw std::invalid_argument("Invalid format selected");
-            }
-    } catch (const std::invalid_argument& e) {
-        std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
-        std::exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-    }
+    validateTimeFormatSelection(timeFormat);
 
     std::time_t result = std::time(nullptr);
-    std::tm currentTime = *std::localtime(&result);
-    std::tm resultTime = currentTime;
+    const std::tm currentTime = *std::localtime(&result);
+    [[maybe_unused]] std::tm resultTime = currentTime;
 
-    std::cout << std::asctime(&resultTime);
+    distime::parseTimeInput(resultTime, currentTime);
 
-    std::cout << "Parameter value: " << timeFormat << std::endl;
-    return 0;
-}
+    std::cout << std::put_time(&resultTime, "%d-%m-%Y %H:%M\n");
+    std::cout << "Time since epoch: " << std::mktime(&resultTime);
+
+    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}