Tuesday, 20 August 2013

Formatting dates “day month year” with biblatex

Formatting dates "day month year" with biblatex

What is the correct way to have "day month year" formatting in biblatex?
Given this document:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[backend=biber,dateabbrev=false]{biblatex}
\begin{filecontents}{references.bib}
@book{Book,
title = {This is a Title},
author = {Author, Some},
location = {The City},
publisher = {Publisher},
date = 2005,
month = feb,
day = 14,
}
\end{filecontents}
\addbibresource{references.bib}
\begin{document}
Citing \cite{Book}.
\printbibliography
\end{document}
The bibliography reads:
[1] Some Author. This is a Title. The City: Publisher, February 14, 2005.
However, I would like:
[1] Some Author. This is a Title. The City: Publisher, 14 February 2005.
Can I do that without fiddling with \printdate?
The manual mentions that the date format is language-specific, yet I do
want to continue in American English, just with a "day month year" style
in the bibliography.

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