Date ordinal

date¶

Wrapper around the system date(1) command that adds a %o format specifier for ordinal day suffixes (st, nd, rd, th). All other format strings pass through unchanged.

Example¶

date '+%B %-d'    # => February 8
date '+%B %-d%o'  # => February 8th

Arguments¶

• ... (string): date(1) arguments; use %o in the format string for the ordinal suffix

Exit codes¶

• 0: Always

Output on stdout¶

• Formatted date string