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 local p = {}
+-- Helper to add "st", "nd", "rd", "th" to day numbers
+local function ordinal(n)
+    local suffixes = { "th", "st", "nd", "rd" }
+    local v = n % 100
+    if v >= 11 and v <= 13 then
+        return n .. "th"
+    end
+    return n .. (suffixes[v % 10] or "th")
+end
 function p.dates(frame)
      local lang = mw.language.getContentLanguage()
-     local updatedTimestamp = frame:preprocess("{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}")
+     local timestamp = frame:preprocess("{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}")
-     local updatedDate = lang:formatDate("j F Y", updatedTimestamp)
+    -- Get parts of the date
+     local day = tonumber(lang:formatDate("j", timestamp))
+    local month = lang:formatDate("F", timestamp)
+    local year = lang:formatDate("Y", timestamp)
-     return string.format("%s", updatedDate)
+     local formatted = string.format("%s %s, %s", month, ordinal(day), year)
+    return formatted
 end
 return p