C++ :: Operator Overloading And Exception Handling

I have a date class and i overloaded operator >> to accept input in dd/mm/yyyy format. if i enter the wrong date format my program will crash. How do i do exception handling for this? How should i do the try part? and for catch, I'll just catch a date class variable?

Code:
void operator >> (istream &is, clsDate &date) {
string inputDate;
is >> inputDate;
int mm = stringToNumber(inputDate.substr(3,2)); // read 2 characters from character number 3 start
int dd = stringToNumber(inputDate.substr(0,2)); // read 2 characters from character number 0 start
int yy = stringToNumber(inputDate.substr(6,4)); // read 4 characters from character number 6 start

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