LISTING 2 Implementation of Date::interval()

//date.cpp: Implement the Date class

#include "date.h"

inline int isleap(int y)
  {return y%4 == 0 && y%100 != 0 || y%400 == 0;}

static int Dtab[2][13] =
{
  {0, 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31},
  {0, 31, 29, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31}
};

Date * Date::interval(const Date& d2)
{
   static Date result;
   int months, days, years, prev_month;
   
   // Compute the interval - assume d1 precedes d2
   years = d2.year - year;
   months = d2.month - month;
   days = d2.day - day;
   
   // Do obvious corrections (days before months!)
   //
   // This is a loop in case the previous month is
   // February, and days < -28.
   prev_month = d2.month - 1;
   while (days < 0)
   {
      // Borrow from the previous month
      if (prev_month == 0)
         prev_month = 12;
      --months;
      days += Dtab[isleap(d2.year)][prev_month--];
   }
   
   if {months < 0)
   {
      // Borrow from the previous year
      --years;
      months += 12;
   }
   
   /* Prepare output */
   result.month = months;
   result.day = days;
   result.year = years;
   return &result;
}

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