sscanf in c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
int main () {
int day, year;
char weekday[20], month[20], dtm[100];
strcpy( dtm, "Saturday March 25 1989" );
sscanf( dtm, "%s %s %d %d", weekday, month, &day, &year );
printf("%s %d, %d = %s\n", month, day, year, weekday );
return(0);
}