Module:PageDates: Difference between revisions

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 local p = {}
+-- Properly handle ordinal suffixes
+local function ordinal(n)
+    local v = n % 100
+    if v >= 11 and v <= 13 then
+        return n .. "th"
+    end
+    local lastDigit = n % 10
+    if lastDigit == 1 then return n .. "st"
+    elseif lastDigit == 2 then return n .. "nd"
+    elseif lastDigit == 3 then return n .. "rd"
+    else return n .. "th"
+    end
+end
 function p.dates(frame)
-    local title = mw.title.getCurrentTitle()
      local lang = mw.language.getContentLanguage()
+    local timestamp = frame:preprocess("{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}")
-     -- Only thing Scribunto gives us reliably:
+     -- Extract date parts
-     local updatedTimestamp = title:getTimestamp()
+    local day = tonumber(lang:formatDate("j", timestamp))
-     local updatedDate = lang:formatDate("j F Y", updatedTimestamp)
+     local month = lang:formatDate("F", timestamp)
+     local year = lang:formatDate("Y", timestamp)
-     -- Since we can't get the true creation timestamp, fallback phrasing
+     local formatted = string.format("%s %s, %s", month, ordinal(day), year)
-    return string.format("This page was last updated on %s.", updatedDate)
+    return formatted
 end
 return p