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Constructor overloading question

Hello,

I need to provide 2 overloaded constructors, each one displaying a date in a different format. Below is my class implementations, header file and main() function code snippets. The code is followed by the compilation error I get. I have tried a number of things, mainly changing the order of my constructors and such, but I keep getting this error. Could I get some expert guidance please? There is a lot of code here; some could have been abridged more, but I color-coded the code in question for easy readability (HOPEFULLY easy for you)

THANKS!!!

// Date.cpp
// Date class member-function definitions.

#include <iostream>

using std::cout;

using std::endl;

#include "Date.h" // include Date class definition



// constructor confirms proper value for month; calls

// utility function checkDay to confirm proper value for day



Date:Date( int mn, int dy, int yr )

{

if ( mn > 0 && mn <= 12 ) // validate the month

month = mn;

else 

{ 

month = 1; // invalid month set to 1

cout << "Invalid month (" << mn << ") set to 1.\n";

} // end else



year = yr; // could validate yr

day = checkDay( dy ); // validate the day



// output Date object to show when its constructor is called



cout << "Date object constructor for date ";

print(); 

cout << endl;



} // end Date constructor





Date:Date( const char mth, int yr ) // overloaded constructor for 2nd date format

{

monthW = mth;

year = yr;

}

Date:Date( const char mth , int dy, int yr ) // overloaded constructor for 3rd date format

{

monthW = mth;

day = dy;

year = yr;

}// print Date object in form month/day/year



void Date:print() const

{

cout << month << '/' << day << '/' << year; 

} // end function print

// print Date object in format of January 1, 2000

void Date:rint2() const

{

cout<< month << "" << day << "," << year;

} // end function print2

// output Date object to show when its destructor is called

Date::~Date()

{ 

cout << "Date object destructor for date ";

print();

cout << endl;

} // end ~Date destructor



// utility function to confirm proper day value based on 

// month and year; handles leap years, too

int Date::checkDay( int testDay ) const

{

static const int daysPerMonth[ 13 ] = 

{ 0, 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31 };

// determine whether testDay is valid for specified month

if ( testDay > 0 && testDay <= daysPerMonth[ month ] )

return testDay;

// February 29 check for leap year 

if ( month == 2 && testDay == 29 && ( year % 400 == 0 || 

( year % 4 == 0 && year % 100 != 0 ) ) )

return testDay;

cout << "Invalid day (" << testDay << ") set to 1.\n";

return 1; // leave object in consistent state if bad value

} // end function checkDay



//---------------------------------------------------------------------

// Date.h

// Date class definition; Member functions defined in Date.cpp

#ifndef DATE_H

#define DATE_H

class Date 

{

public:

Date( int = 1, int = 1, int = 1900 ); // default constructor

Date( const char, int = 1900);//overloaded constructor 

Date( const char, int = 1, int = 1900); // 2nd overloaded constructorvoid print() const; // print date in month/day/year format

void print2() const; // print date in a January, 1, 2000 format

~Date(); // provided to confirm destruction order



private:

int month; // 1-12 (January-December)

int day; // 1-31 based on month

int year; // any year

char monthW; // month spelled out

// utility function to check if day is proper for month and year

int checkDay( int ) const; 

}; // end class Date

#endif

//---------------------------------------------------------------------

// Fig. 10.14: fig10_14.cpp

// Demonstrating composition--an object with member objects.

#include <iostream>

using std::cout;

using std::endl;

#include <ctime>

using std::time;

#include "Employee.h" // Employee class definition

int main()

{

time_t date; // time_t object to hold the date

time(&date); //set date variable to current date

Date birth( 7, 24, 1949 ); // using constructor

Date hire( "July", 1988 ); // overloaded constructor (first one with different date format)

Employee manager( "Bob", "Blue", birth, hire );cout << endl;

manager.print();

cout<<"\nTest Date constructor with valid valuesn";

Date lastDayOff("December", 25, 2007); // overloaded constructor (second one with different date format)cout<<"Employee's last day off: \n";

lastDayOff.print2(); // print overloaded arguments

cout<<endl;

cout<<"Date of report: "<<ctime(&date)<<endl;

return 0;

} // end main

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------

1>cprogram files\c++examples\cpphtp6e_examples\ch10\fig10_10_ 14\fig10_14.cpp(19) : error C2664: 'Date:ate(int,int,int)' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'const char [5]' to 'int'
1> There is no context in which this conversion is possible
1>cprogram files\c++examples\cpphtp6e_examples\ch10\fig10_10_ 14\fig10_14.cpp(26) : error C2664: 'Date:ate(int,int,int)' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'const char [9]' to 'int'
1> There is no context in which this conversion is possible