Word for Windows: Using the Ordinal Switch in a DATE Field

ID: Q72571

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

To convert the number 15 to "15th" in a DATE field or another field that displays a number in Microsoft Word for Windows, use the ordinal switch: \* ordinal

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The following three examples demonstrate the use of the ordinal switch:

To display

March 21st, 1991

enter the fields:

{date\@ "MMMM"} {date \@ "d" \*ordinal}, {date \@ "YYYY"}

To display

Tuesday the 21st, 1991

enter the following fields:

{date \@ "dddd"} the {date \@ "d" \*ordinal}, {date \@ "YYYY"}

To display

10th

enter the following field:

{=\*ordinal 10}

If the "d" in the DATE field is used without the ordinal switch, as in the following DATE field

{date \@ "MMMM d, yyyy"}

the result will display:

May 21, 1991

The "d" abbreviation in a DATE field will return the date as the one- or two-digit number corresponding to the day of the month. In this case, the "d" returns 21. Adding the ordinal switch (*\ordinal) changes 21 to 21st.

Reference(s):

"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Reference," pages 94, 113, 117, 118

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