#include <stdio.h>  //puts , sscanf
#include <string.h>//
 
#define BUFFERSIZE 30
int main() {
 
  char* bytes_read;
  char datestr[BUFFERSIZE];
  char yr[4], mont[9], day[9];
  char *year;
  char *month;
  char *thisday;
  puts ("Please enter a datestring  (separations with -).");
  bytes_read = fgets (datestr, BUFFERSIZE, stdin); 
  if (!(bytes_read))
    {
      puts ("ERROR!");
    }
  else
    {
	puts ("You typed:");
	puts (datestr);
	puts (bytes_read);
	//sscanf(datestr, " %[^-]-%[^-]-%[^;];",&yr ,&mont ,&day );
	sscanf(datestr, " %[^'-']-%[^'-']-%[^';'];",&yr ,&mont ,&day ); 
 
	year = yr;
	month = mont;
	thisday = day;
	printf("year %s month %s day %s\n", yr, mont, day); 
	printf("year %s month %s day %s\n", year, month, thisday); 
 
    }
  return 0;
}