@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ simple_search: http://google.com/search

 # Default date format is "ordinal" (resulting in "July 22nd 2007")

 # You can customize the format as defined in

 # http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-1.9.2/Time.html#method-i-strftime

+# Additionally, %o will give you the ordinal representation of the day

 date_format: "ordinal"

 # RSS / Email (optional) subscription links (change if using something like Feedburner)

@@ -92,6 +93,6 @@ disqus_show_comment_count: false

 # Google Analytics

 google_analytics_tracking_id:

-   

+

 # Facebook Like

-facebook_like: true   

+facebook_like: true

@@ -29,12 +29,16 @@ module Octopress

       end

     end

+    # Formats date either as ordinal or by given date format

+    # Adds %o as ordinal representation of the day

     def format_date(date, format)

       date = datetime(date)

       if format.nil? || format.empty? || format == "ordinal"

         date_formatted = ordinalize(date)

       else

+        format.gsub!(/%o/, '%%o')

         date_formatted = date.strftime(format)

+        date_formatted.gsub!(/%o/, ordinal(date.strftime('%e').to_i))

       end

       date_formatted

     end