Finished program & implemented way to install via cmake --install

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -26,3 +26,7 @@ target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE
         -Wsign-conversion         # Warn on sign conversions
         -Wnull-dereference       # Warn about null pointer dereference
 )
+
+install(TARGETS ${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
+)

include/distime.h

@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 #include <ctime>
 
 namespace distime {
-    void parseTimeInput(std::tm &resultTime, const std::tm &currentTime);
+    void parseTimeInput(std::tm &resultTime, const std::tm &currentTime, bool shortTime);
 }
 #endif //DISTIME_H

src/distime.cpp

@@ -5,17 +5,21 @@
 #include <iostream>
 
 namespace distime {
-    void parseTimeInput(std::tm &resultTime, const std::tm &currentTime) {
+    void parseTimeInput(std::tm &resultTime, const std::tm &currentTime, bool shortTime) {
         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"
-            << ">: ";
+            << "\nCurrent time: " << std::put_time(&currentTime, "%d-%m-%Y %H:%M\n");
+
+            if (shortTime) {
+                std::cout << "24 Hour (HH) Minute (MM)\n";
+            }
+            else {
+                std::cout << "Day (dd) Month (mm) Year(yyyy) 24 Hour (HH) Minute (MM)\n";
+            }
+            std::cout <<  ">: ";
 
             std::getline(std::cin, timeInput);
 
@@ -26,12 +30,21 @@ namespace distime {
 
             int spaceCheck = static_cast<int>(std::ranges::count(timeInput.cbegin(), timeInput.cend(), ' '));
 
-            if (spaceCheck != 4) {
+            if (spaceCheck != 4 && shortTime == false) {
                 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 << "Example of a working input: '25 02 2015 06 00' \n\n";
+
+                std::cout << "Press enter to continue...";
+                std::cin.get();
+                continue;
+            }
+            else if (spaceCheck != 1 && shortTime == true) {
+                std::cout << "Only one space permitted.\n";
+                std::cout << "Example of a working input: '20 00' \n\n";
+
                 std::cout << "Press enter to continue...";
                 std::cin.get();
                 continue;
@@ -42,9 +55,21 @@ namespace distime {
 
         std::istringstream timeStream {timeInput};
 
-        int day, month, year, hour, minute;
+        int day;
+        int month;
+        int year;
+        int hour;
+        int minute;
 
-        timeStream >> day >> month >> year >> hour >> minute;
+        if (shortTime) {
+            day = currentTime.tm_mday;
+            month = currentTime.tm_mon + 1;
+            year = currentTime.tm_year + 1900;
+
+            timeStream >> hour >> minute;
+        }
+        else
+            timeStream >> day >> month >> year >> hour >> minute;
 
         // Assign the values to resultTime
         resultTime.tm_mday = day;

src/main.cpp

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ void validateTimeFormatSelection(char timeFormat) {
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-    try {
+
     CLI::App app{};
     app.usage("USAGE: distime [OPTIONS]");
 
@@ -23,8 +23,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     ->multi_option_policy (CLI::MultiOptionPolicy::Throw)
     ->default_val('f');
 
+    bool shortTime;
+    app.add_flag("-s, --short", shortTime, "Defaults all but hour and minute to current time")
+    ->default_val(false)
+    ->default_str("false");
+
     auto formatHelp { [] () {
         std::cout
+        << "FORMATS:\n"
         << "F - Long format          [Friday, June 27, 2025 at 9:00]\n"
         << "f - Short Long Format    [June 27, 2025 at 9:00]\n"
         << "D - Short Format         [June 27, 2025]\n"
@@ -40,20 +46,23 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
     CLI11_PARSE(app, argc, argv);
 
-    validateTimeFormatSelection(timeFormat);
+    try {
+        validateTimeFormatSelection(timeFormat);
+    }
+    catch (const std::invalid_argument &e) {
+        std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what();
+    }
 
     std::time_t result = std::time(nullptr);
     const std::tm currentTime = *std::localtime(&result);
     [[maybe_unused]] std::tm resultTime = currentTime;
 
-    distime::parseTimeInput(resultTime, currentTime);
+    distime::parseTimeInput(resultTime, currentTime, shortTime);
 
     std::cout << "Resulting time: " << std::put_time(&resultTime, "%d-%m-%Y %H:%M\n");
     std::cout << "Time stamp: <t:" << std::mktime(&resultTime) << ':' << timeFormat << '>';
 
     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
-}
-    catch (const std::invalid_argument &e) {
-        std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what();
-    }
+
+
 }