Date Formats

velovite

Is there a way to change the date output from Zotero to Word?
For example:I would like the input, D-M-Y to appear as 31/1/54
Right now it appears as "31 January 1954"

While this may not technically be correct for the Chicago style, my British university (and others) use a method of citing archival documents with the date in the style d.m.y
(largely to save space and words) but otherwise adhere to the Chicago style

I have been searching for an answer to this, but have not found any threads that address this directly.

Thanks.

anders_royce

You could check if another style already does that (long shot maybe?).
Zotero Style Repository

Or you could create a custom style by editing the Chicago style.
csl_simple_edits [Zotero Documentation]
dev:csl_syntax_summary [Zotero Documentation]

adamsmith

it's not possible, though, to shorten the year from 1994 to 94 - pretty much everything else is.
Essentially you change the order of this type of sequence
<date variable="issued">
<date-part name="month" suffix=" "/>
<date-part name="day" suffix=", "/>
<date-part name="year"/>
</date>
also you can change the month to a number using form="numeric" (I believe)

Rintze

it's not possible, though, to shorten the year from 1994 to 94

It should be possible using
<date-part name="year" form="short"/>