c++: request for member [function] in [class], which is of non-class type [class]

Question

while trying to compile this:

class DateTime
{
    private:
        Date d8;
        Time tym;
    public:
        DateTime(Date idate=Date(),Time itime=Time())
        {
            d8=idate;
            tym=itime;
        }
        void set(Date idate,Time itime)
        {
            d8=idate;
            tym=itime;
        }
        Time get_time()
        {
            return tym;
        }
        Date get_date()
        {
            return d8;
        }
        DateTime operator =(DateTime dt2())
        {
            DateTime x(dt2.get_date(),dt2.get_time());
            return x;
        }   
};

it will return the following error in the compiler :

266:19: error: request for member ‘get_date’ in ‘dt2’, which is of non-class type ‘DateTime (*)()’

BTW i don't event know what does the error mean.

Answer 1

In assignment operator you should return a reference to the same object:

DateTime & operator= (DateTime & dt2) // without () after dt2
{
    d8 = dt2.get_date();
    tym = dt2.get_time();

    return *this;
}