#!/bin/ksh -p
# Shell script to show date in English rather than computerese

day=$(( $(date '+%d') % 100 ))
fd=$(( day / 10 ))
ld=$(( day - ( fd * 10 ) ))
wday=$( date '+%A' )
month=$( date '+%B' )
year=$( date '+%Y' )
suff="th"

if (( $fd != 1 )) then
  if (( $ld == 1 )) ; then suff="st" ; fi
  if (( $ld == 2 )) ; then suff="nd" ; fi
  if (( $ld == 3 )) ; then suff="rd" ; fi
fi

echo "$wday the $day$suff of $month, $year"