Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (C) 2015 Ticketmaster * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.util.Calendar; import java.util.Date; import java.util.Locale; public class Main { /** * Returns ordinal form of the day of month. * 1 = 1st * 2 = 2nd * * @param date * @return ordinal day of month */ public static String getOrdinalDayOfMonth(Date date) { Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(Locale.US); cal.setTime(date); return getOrdinalDayOfMonth(cal); } public static String getOrdinalDayOfMonth(Calendar cal) { int dayOfMonth = cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH); return String.valueOf(dayOfMonth) + getDayOfMonthSuffix(dayOfMonth); } private static String getDayOfMonthSuffix(final int n) { if (n >= 11 && n <= 13) { return "th"; } switch (n % 10) { case 1: return "st"; case 2: return "nd"; case 3: return "rd"; default: return "th"; } } }