How do you format the day of the month to say “11th”, “21st” or “23rd” (ordinal indicator)?

Question

I know this will give me the day of the month as a number (11, 21, 23):

SimpleDateFormat formatDayOfMonth = new Simple         


        

Answer 1

I can't be satisfied by the answers calling for a English-only solution based on manual formats. I've been looking for a proper solution for a while now and I finally found it.

You should be using RuleBasedNumberFormat. It works perfectly and it's respectful of the Locale.