[texhax] quoting date

[P. R. Stanley]

Hi
I'm inserting dates in a table in the month abbrev date[st|nd|th] 
format, e.g. Oct. 9th.
Question is, is there a macro for presenting date in above format?
Is there one for presenting date in the day/month/year, e.g. 09/10/09 format?
I suppose what I'm really asking is what visual difference these 
macros would make to the date string.
Any pointers would be most appreciated.
Cheers
Paul