diff --git a/Examples-and-Recipes.md b/Examples-and-Recipes.md
index 9da5601..f1af552 100644
--- a/Examples-and-Recipes.md
+++ b/Examples-and-Recipes.md
@@ -1591,7 +1591,7 @@ Once we have a string of form 2), give this sample code a try (thank you [Aaron]
       #include <string>
       #include "tz.h"
 
-      void main()
+      int main()
       {
          using namespace std;
          using namespace date;
@@ -1601,7 +1601,7 @@ Once we have a string of form 2), give this sample code a try (thank you [Aaron]
          // Using local_seconds would resolve in ambiguous date exception
          sys_seconds tp;
          string tz_name;
-         parse(inputStream, "%F %T %Ez %Z", tp, tz_name);
+         inputStream >> parse("%F %T %Ez %Z", tp, tz_name);
 
          // bool operator tells us whether stream was successfully parsed
          assert(bool(inputStream));