Display ordinal indicators after date.

[mzsade]

Found this neat little script that i put to use in my conky.conf in lieu of the conky <time> variable.. Sorry if it's nothing new for most of you but i am impressed enough by it's elegant simplicity to risk adding more clutter to the forum.

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#!/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, %e`DaySuffix` %b, %Y"

[mzsade]

The script had a bug, noticed it on the first of March when it began lisping. Fixed it,

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#!/bin/bash
Odin() {
  case `date +%d` in
    ?1|21|31) echo "st" ;;
    ?2|22)    echo "nd" ;;
    ?3|23)    echo "rd" ;;
    *)        echo "th" ;;
  esac
}
date "+%a, %e`Odin` %b, %Y"

Edit: My bad, the bug was still there, noticed it today when the script acquired a Russian accent, this one's totally bug free, Honest Injun!

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#!/bin/bash
Odin() {
  case `date +%d` in
    01|21|31) echo "st" ;;
    02|22)    echo "nd" ;;
    03|23)    echo "rd" ;;
    *)        echo "th" ;;
  esac
}
date "+%a, %e`Odin` %b, %Y"