at the end of the day, it was inevitable

frontend/app/common/StringUtils.js

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+export const padLeft = function (string, total) {
+  if (typeof string !== 'string') {
+    throw new Error('First parameter must be a string')
+  }
+  if (typeof total !== 'number') {
+    throw new Error('Second parameter must be a integer')
+  }
+  return new Array(total - string.length + 1).join('0') + string
+}
+
+export const addOrdinalSuffix = function (num) {
+  if (typeof num !== 'number') {
+    return num
+  }
+
+  const j = num % 10
+  const k = num % 100
+
+  if (j === 1 && k !== 11) {
+    return num + 'st'
+  }
+  if (j === 2 && k !== 12) {
+    return num + 'nd'
+  }
+  if (j === 3 && k !== 13) {
+    return num + 'rd'
+  }
+
+  return num + 'th'
+}