Write a print function

Hi guys, I'm come back with another stupid question.
I have to write a function that print in a txt file some information read in an other file.
The code follow

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  #include "std_lib_facilities.h"
using namespace std;
const int not_a_reading=-200;
const int not_a_month=-1;
struct Day
{
    vector<double> hour{vector<double>(24, not_a_reading)};
};

struct Month
{
    int month {not_a_month};
    vector<Day> day{32};  // range 1 to 31 has 32 elements!
};
struct Year
{
    int year;
    vector<Month> month{12};   //January is 0
};
struct Reading
{
    int day;
    int hour;
    double temperature;
};
vector<string> month_input_tbl={"jan","feb","mar","apr","may","jun","jul","aug","sep","oct","nov","dec"};
int month_to_int(string s)
{
    for(int i=0; i<12; ++i) if(month_input_tbl[i]==s) return i;
    return -1;
}
vector<string> month_print_tbl={"Jan", "Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dic"};
string int_to_month(int i)
{
    if(i<0||i>12)error("bad month number");
        return month_print_tbl[i];
}

istream& operator>>(istream& is, Reading& r)
{
    char ch1;
    if(is>>ch1 &&ch1 != '(')
    {
        is.unget();
        is.clear(ios_base::failbit);
        return is;
    }


    char ch2;
    int d;
    int h;
    double t;
    is>>d>>h>>t>>ch2;
    if(!is||ch2!=')')error("bad reading");
    r.day=d;
    r.hour=h;
    r.temperature=t;
    return is;
}
//is.exceptions(is.exeptions()|ios_base::badbit);
void end_of_loop(istream& ist, char term, const string& message)
{
    if(ist.fail())
    {
        ist.clear();
        char ch;
        if(ist>>ch && ch==term) return;
        error(message);
    }
}
constexpr int implausibile_min=-200;
constexpr int implausibile_max=200;
bool is_valid(const Reading& r)
{
if(r.day<1||r.day>31)return false;
if(r.hour<0||r.hour>23)return false;
if(r.temperature<implausibile_min||r.temperature>implausibile_max)return false;
return true;
}
istream& operator>>(istream& is, Month& m)
{
   char ch=0;
   if(is>>ch && ch !='{')
        {
            is.unget();
            is.clear(ios_base::failbit);
            return is;
        }
        string month_marker;
        string mm;
        is>>month_marker>>mm;
        if(!is||month_marker!="month")error("bad start of month");
        m.month=month_to_int(mm);
        int duplicates=0;
        int invalids=0;
        for(Reading r; is>>r;)
        {
            if(is_valid(r))
            {
                if(m.day[r.day].hour[r.hour]!=not_a_reading)
                    ++duplicates;
                m.day[r.day].hour[r.hour]=r.temperature;
            }
            else
                ++invalids;
        }


        if(invalids)error("invalid readings in month",invalids);
            if(duplicates)error("duplicates reading in month",duplicates);
        end_of_loop(is,'}',"bad end of month");
        return is;

}

istream& operator>>(istream&is, Year& y)
{
    char ch;
    is>>ch;
    if(ch!='{')
        {
            is.unget();
            is.clear(ios::failbit);
            return is;
        }
        string year_maker;
        int yy;
        is>>year_maker>>yy;
        if(!is||year_maker!="year")error("bad start of year");
        y.year=yy;
        while(true)
        {
            Month m;
            if(!(is>>m))break;
            y.month[m.month]=m;
        }
        end_of_loop(is,'}',"bad end of year");
        return is;
}

ostream& operator<<(ostream&os, Year& y)
{
                 /**< return os<<'{'<< y.year
                          <<','<< int_to_month(month_to_int(y.month[0]))
                          <<; */
}


int main()
{
    cout << "Please enter input file name" << endl;
    string iname;
    cin>>iname;
    ifstream ist {iname};
    if(!ist)error("can't open file ", iname);
    ist.exceptions(ist.exceptions()|ios_base::badbit);

    cout<<"Please enter output file name" << endl;
    string oname;
    cin>>oname;
    ofstream ost{oname};
    if(!ost)error("can't open output file ",oname);

    vector<Year> ys;
    while(true)
    {
        Year y;
        if(!(ist>>y)) break;
        ys.push_back(y);
    }
    cout<<"read "<<ys.size()<< " years of readings\n";
    for (Year& y : ys) print_year(ost,y)

    return 0;
}


Now I don't want know how to write this function, I'd like to know how links togheter the parts of the struct Year.
Given ys.year, how can I refer to the month and the day inside that year.
I think is something like y.year.month[m].day .....
but of course it doesn't work.
Thank you for the time and for the patience.
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