C - Write program to output date

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Requirements

Prompt the user to enter the date as three integer values for the month, the day in the month, and the year.

Output the date in the form 31st December 2003 when the user enters 12 31 2003.

Hint

You need to append th, nd, st, and rd need to the day value.

Demo

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
  int month = 0;//from  www. java2 s .  c om
  int day = 0;
  int year = 0;
  printf("Enter the date as three integer values separated by spaces (month day year): ");
  scanf("%d", &month);
  scanf("%d", &day);
  scanf("%d", &year);
  if(day > 3 && day < 21 || day > 23 && day < 31)
    printf("\n%dth ",day);
  else
    printf("\n%d%s ", day, (day%10 == 1 ? "st": (day%10 == 2 ? "nd" : "rd")));

  switch(month)
  {
    case 1:
      printf("January ");
      break;
    case 2:
      printf("February ");
      break;
    case 3:
      printf("March ");
      break;
    case 4:
      printf("April ");
      break;
    case 5:
      printf("May");
      break;
    case 6:
      printf("June");
      break;
    case 7:
      printf("July");
      break;
    case 8:
      printf("August");
      break;
    case 9:
      printf("September");
      break;
    case 10:
      printf("October");
      break;
    case 11:
      printf("November");
      break;
    case 12:
      printf("December");
      break;
  }
  printf(" %d\n", year);
  return 0;
}

Result

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