Parse a date in Vala

main.vala

void main () {
	print ("Please enter in a date to be parsed: ");
	var readDate = stdin.read_line ();
	if (readDate != null) {
		var parsedDate = Date ();
		parsedDate.set_parse (readDate);
		if (parsedDate.valid ()) {
			var output = new char[100];
			var format = "%c";
			var success = parsedDate.strftime (output, format);

			if (success == 0) {
				print ("Sorry, failed to format date...\n");
			} else {
				var formattedOutput = ((string) output).chomp ();
				print ("Parsed Date: '" + formattedOutput + "'\n");
			}
		} else {
			print ("Sorry, failed to parse date...\n");
		}
	}
}