JavaScript new Date Ordinal (st, nd, rd, th)

Question

If at all possible, without JavaScript libraries or lots of clunky code I am looking for the simplest way to format a date two weeks from now in the following format:

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Answer 1

I'm a bit late to the party, but this should work:

function ordinal(number) {
  number = Number(number)
  if(!number || (Math.round(number) !== number)) {
    return number
  }
  var signal = (number < 20) ? number : Number(('' + number).slice(-1))
  switch(signal) {
    case 1:
      return number + 'st'
    case 2:
      return number + 'nd'
    case 3:
      return number + 'rd'
    default:
      return number + 'th'
  }
}

function specialFormat(date) {
  // add two weeks
  date = new Date(+date + 12096e5)
  var months = [
    'January'
    , 'February'
    , 'March'
    , 'April'
    , 'May'
    , 'June'
    , 'July'
    , 'August'
    , 'September'
    , 'October'
    , 'November'
    , 'December'
  ]
  var formatted = ordinal(date.getDate())
  formatted += ' ' + months[date.getMonth()]
  return formatted + ' ' + date.getFullYear()
}

document.body.innerHTML = specialFormat(new Date())

Answer 2

Lots of formatting answers, so I'll just work on the nth of any integer-

Number.prototype.nth= function(){
    if(this%1) return this;
    var s= this%100;
    if(s>3 && s<21) return this+'th';
    switch(s%10){
        case 1: return this+'st';
        case 2: return this+'nd';
        case 3: return this+'rd';
        default: return this+'th';
    }
}

Answer 3

A short and compact solution:

function format(date, tmp){
  return [
    (tmp = date.getDate()) + 
      ([, 'st', 'nd', 'rd'][/1?.$/.exec(tmp)] || 'th'),
    [ 'January', 'February', 'March', 'April',
      'May', 'June', 'July', 'August',
      'September', 'October', 'November', 'December'
    ][date.getMonth()],
    date.getFullYear()
  ].join(' ')
}


// 14 days from today

console.log('14 days from today: ' + 
  format(new Date(+new Date + 14 * 864e5)));

// test formatting for all dates within a month from today

var day = 864e5, today = +new Date;
for(var i = 0; i < 32; i++) {
  console.log('Today + ' + i + ': ' + format(new Date(today + i * day)))
}

(The compact regex-based approach for getting the ordinal suffix appears several places around the web, original source unknown)

Answer 4

Strongly inspired by @user2309185's.

const ordinal = (d) => {
  return d + (['st', 'nd', 'rd'][d % 10 - 1] || 'th')
}

Answer 5

Lots of answers, here's another:

function addOrd(n) {
  var ords = [,'st','nd','rd'];
  var ord, m = n%100;
  return n + ((m > 10 && m < 14)? 'th' : ords[m%10] || 'th');
}

// Return date string two weeks from now (14 days) in 
// format 13th March 2013
function formatDatePlusTwoWeeks(d) {
  var months = ['January','February','March','April','May','June',
                'July','August','September','October','November','December'];

  // Copy date object so don't modify original
  var e = new Date(d);

  // Add two weeks (14 days)
  e.setDate(e.getDate() + 14);
  return addOrd(e.getDate()) + ' ' + months[e.getMonth()] + ' ' + e.getFullYear();
}

alert(formatDatePlusTwoWeeks(new Date(2013,2,13))); // 27th March 2013

Answer 6

If you are a fan of moment.js, then you can make it with format("Do")

Examples

var newdate = new Date();
moment(newdate).format("Do MMMM YYYY")
//Returns 1st January 2020

moment("01/01/2020", "MM/DD/YYYY").format("Do")
//Returns 1st

moment("01/01/2020", "MM/DD/YYYY").format("Do MMM YYYY")
//Returns 1st Jan 2020