Displaying today's date in plain English

    module Ordinalize

      refine Fixnum do

        def ordinalize
          self.to_s + ( (10...20).include?(self) ? 'th' : %w{ th st nd rd th th th th th th }[self % 10] )
        end

      end
    end

    class DateToday
      using Ordinalize


      def self.to_s
        time = Time.now
        @to_s = time.strftime("%A, #{time.day.ordinalize} %B")
      end

    end

    puts 'Today is ' + DateToday.to_s

    #=> Today is Wednesday, the 24th of February

## Resources

* strftimer http://strftimer.com/
* Format a date like 1st, 2nd, 3rd http://www.jamesrobertson.me.uk/snippets/2013/dec/08/format-a-date-like-1st-2nd-3rd.html
* Ruby refinements in action http://www.jamesrobertson.me.uk/snippets/2014/jan/20/ruby-refinements-in-action.html

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