[texhax] Superscript ordinal indicators in dates?

[Yannis Haralambous]

I would suggest not to use \hbox but \text instead (using the amstext  
package), so that you get the right font in the right size everywhere:

\def\mydate{\ifcase\day\or
   1$^{\text{st}}$\or 2$^{\text{nd}}$\or 3$^{\text{rd}}$\or
   4$^{\text{th}}$\or 5$^{\text{th}}$\or 6$^{\text{th}}$\or
   7$^{\text{th}}$\or 8$^{\text{th}}$\or 9$^{\text{th}}$\or
   10$^{\text{th}}$\or 11$^{\text{th}}$\or 12$^{\text{th}}$\or
   13$^{\text{th}}$\or 14$^{\text{th}}$\or 15$^{\text{th}}$\or
   16$^{\text{th}}$\or 17$^{\text{th}}$\or 18$^{\text{th}}$\or
   19$^{\text{th}}$\or 20$^{\text{th}}$\or 21$^{\text{st}}$\or
   22$^{\text{nd}}$\or 23$^{\text{rd}}$\or 24$^{\text{th}}$\or
   25$^{\text{th}}$\or 26$^{\text{th}}$\or 27$^{\text{th}}$\or
   28$^{\text{th}}$\or 29th$^{\text{\or}}$ 30$^{\text{th}}$\or
   31$^{\text{st}}$\fi~\ifcase\month\or
   January\or February\or March\or April\or May\or June\or
   July\or August\or September\or October\or November\or
   December\fi,\space \number\year}

Le 5 juin 09 à 01:42, E. Krishnan a écrit :

> On Thu, 4 Jun 2009, Joel C. Salomon wrote:
>
>> How can I get the date in my LaTeX article to display the ordinal
>> indicator in superscript?  E.g., July 4<sup>th</sup>, 1776
>> ...............................
>> I'd like to know how to get the effect automatically.
>
> Please try
>
> \def\mydate{\ifcase\day\or
>   1$^{\hbox{st}}$\or 2$^{\hbox{nd}}$\or 3$^{\hbox{rd}}$\or
>   4$^{\hbox{th}}$\or 5$^{\hbox{th}}$\or 6$^{\hbox{th}}$\or
>   7$^{\hbox{th}}$\or 8$^{\hbox{th}}$\or 9$^{\hbox{th}}$\or
>   10$^{\hbox{th}}$\or 11$^{\hbox{th}}$\or 12$^{\hbox{th}}$\or
>   13$^{\hbox{th}}$\or 14$^{\hbox{th}}$\or 15$^{\hbox{th}}$\or
>   16$^{\hbox{th}}$\or 17$^{\hbox{th}}$\or 18$^{\hbox{th}}$\or
>   19$^{\hbox{th}}$\or 20$^{\hbox{th}}$\or 21$^{\hbox{st}}$\or
>   22$^{\hbox{nd}}$\or 23$^{\hbox{rd}}$\or 24$^{\hbox{th}}$\or
>   25$^{\hbox{th}}$\or 26$^{\hbox{th}}$\or 27$^{\hbox{th}}$\or
>   28$^{\hbox{th}}$\or 29th$^{\hbox{\or}}$ 30$^{\hbox{th}}$\or
>   31$^{\hbox{st}}$\fi~\ifcase\month\or
>   January\or February\or March\or April\or May\or June\or
>   July\or August\or September\or October\or November\or
>   December\fi,\space \number\year}
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Krishnan
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