Formatting a date like: Friday 24th January

Question

Formatting a date like: Friday 24th January
Is there any way using the Java API to get the 'th' or 'st' bits on the numbers.
I can't see it in java.text.SimpleDateFormat
Thanks.

Answer 1

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
public class DateFormatter {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          Calendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar();
          double[] limits = {1, 2, 3, 4, 21, 22, 23, 24};
          String[] dateFormats = {"st", "nd", "rd", "th", "st", "nd", "rd", "th"};
          ChoiceFormat choiceFormat = new ChoiceFormat(limits, dateFormats);
          String dateFormat = "EEEEE dd''{0}'' MMMMM";
          MessageFormat messageFormat = new MessageFormat(dateFormat);
          messageFormat.setFormat(0, choiceFormat);
          Object[] msgArgs = {
               new Integer(calendar.get(Calendar.DATE))
          String message = messageFormat.format(msgArgs);
          System.out.println(message);
          SimpleDateFormat date = new SimpleDateFormat(message);
          System.out.println(date.format(calendar.getTime()));
}