Module:PageDates

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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 lang = mw.language.getContentLanguage()
    local timestamp = frame:preprocess("{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}")

    -- Extract date parts
    local day = tonumber(lang:formatDate("j", timestamp))
    local month = lang:formatDate("F", timestamp)
    local year = lang:formatDate("Y", timestamp)

    local formatted = string.format("%s %s, %s", month, ordinal(day), year)
    return "on " .. formatted
end

return p