Formatting the date in unix to include suffix on day (st, nd, rd and th)

Question

How can I add the suffix on the day number of a unix date?

I\'ll explain. I have a TextMate bundle snippit that writes out today\'s date. It uses unix date and

Answer 1

Try.

#!/bin/sh
DaySuffix() {
  case `date +%d` in
    1|21|31) echo "st";;
    2|22)    echo "nd";;
    3|23)    echo "rd";;
    *)       echo "th";;
  esac
}
date "+%A %d`DaySuffix` %B %Y"