This is something which I am sure has bugged you on many occasions, and you always wonder why it isn't built into the .net framework. How to add the Ordinal Suffix to a formatted DateTime string.
There are many examples around the web, but I thought I would just share this one with you while I remember.
public static string GetOrdinal(int num) { switch (num % 100) { case 11: case 12: case 13: return num.ToString() + "th"; } switch (num % 10) { case 1: return num.ToString() + "st"; case 2: return num.ToString() + "nd"; case 3: return num.ToString() + "rd"; default: return num.ToString() + "th"; } }
Public Function GetOrdinal(num As Integer) As String Select Case (num Mod 100) Case 11, 12, 13 Return "th" End Select Select Case (num Mod 10) Case 1 Return "st" Case 2 Return "nd" Case 3 Return "rd" Case Else Return "th" End Select End Function
string theDate = string.Format("{0}{1} {2}", DateTime.Now.ToString("dd"), GetOrdinal(DateTime.Now.Day), DateTime.Now.ToString("MMM"));
Dim theDate As String = String.Format("{0}{1} {2}", saleDate.ToString("dd"), GetOrdinal(saleDate.Day), saleDate.ToString("MMM"))
