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:
<I was doing this for dates as well, but because the day of month can only be between 1 and 31, I ended up with a simplified solution.
function dateOrdinal(dom) {
if (dom == 31 || dom == 21 || dom == 1) return dom + "st";
else if (dom == 22 || dom == 2) return dom + "nd";
else if (dom == 23 || dom == 3) return dom + "rd";
else return dom + "th";
};
or compact version using conditional operators
function dateOrdinal(d) {
return d+(31==d||21==d||1==d?"st":22==d||2==d?"nd":23==d||3==d?"rd":"th")
};
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Here:
JSFiddle
const nth = function(d) {
if (d > 3 && d < 21) return 'th';
switch (d % 10) {
case 1: return "st";
case 2: return "nd";
case 3: return "rd";
default: return "th";
}
}
const fortnightAway = new Date(+new Date + 12096e5);
const date = fortnightAway.getDate();
const month = ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"][fortnightAway.getMonth()];
document.getElementById("date").innerHTML = `In two weeks it will be the ${date}<sup>${nth(date)}</sup> ${month} ${fortnightAway.getFullYear()}`;
// test
const dates = [...Array(32).keys()].slice(1).map(i => `${i}${nth(i)}`)
console.log(dates.join(", "))
sup {
font-size: x-small
}
<span id="date"></span>
Here is a one liner inspired by the other answers. It is tested and will take 0 and negative numbers.
function getOrdinalNum(n) {
return n + (n > 0 ? ['th', 'st', 'nd', 'rd'][(n > 3 && n < 21) || n % 10 > 3 ? 0 : n % 10] : '');
}
Update 2020-06-23. The following is a better readable answer of the function above:
const getOrdinalNum = (number) => {
let selector;
if (number <= 0) {
selector = 4;
} else if ((number > 3 && number < 21) || number % 10 > 3) {
selector = 0;
} else {
selector = number % 10;
}
return number + ['th', 'st', 'nd', 'rd', ''][selector];
};
One more solution in the sea of solutions.
let suffix = (day >= 4 && day <= 20) || (day >= 24 && day <= 30)
? "th"
: ["st", "nd", "rd"][day % 10 - 1];
Here is an easy solution:
var date = today.getDate() + (today.getDate() % 10 == 1 && today.getDate() != 11 ? + 'st': (today.getDate() % 10 == 2 && today.getDate() != 12 ? + 'nd':
(today.getDate() % 10 == 3 && today.getDate() != 13 ? + 'rd':'th')));
Super simple functional implementation:
const ordinal = (d) => {
const nth = { '1': 'st', '2': 'nd', '3': 'rd' }
return `${d}${nth[d] || 'th'}`
}
const monthNames = ['January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August','September','October','November','December']
const dateString = (date) => `${ordinal(date.getDate())} ${monthNames[date.getMonth()]} ${date.getFullYear()}`
// Use like this:
dateString(new Date()) // 18th July 2016