If at all possible, without JavaScript libraries or lots of clunky code I am looking for the simplest way to format a date two weeks from now in the following format:
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I'm a bit late to the party, but this should work:
function ordinal(number) {
number = Number(number)
if(!number || (Math.round(number) !== number)) {
return number
}
var signal = (number < 20) ? number : Number(('' + number).slice(-1))
switch(signal) {
case 1:
return number + 'st'
case 2:
return number + 'nd'
case 3:
return number + 'rd'
default:
return number + 'th'
}
}
function specialFormat(date) {
// add two weeks
date = new Date(+date + 12096e5)
var months = [
'January'
, 'February'
, 'March'
, 'April'
, 'May'
, 'June'
, 'July'
, 'August'
, 'September'
, 'October'
, 'November'
, 'December'
]
var formatted = ordinal(date.getDate())
formatted += ' ' + months[date.getMonth()]
return formatted + ' ' + date.getFullYear()
}
document.body.innerHTML = specialFormat(new Date())