Access date, German format (APA style)

hussong · February 15, 2009

In an APA-styled bibliography, access dates of online sources are always in English format. This doesn't go well with German users.

Godwin, M. (1994, April). ASCII Is Too Intimate. Wired, 2(4). Abgerufen November 4, 2008, von http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.04/idees.fortes1.html.

should be more like

Godwin, M. (1994, April). ASCII Is Too Intimate. Wired, 2(4). Abgerufen am 4. November 2008 von http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.04/idees.fortes1.html.

or at least like

Godwin, M. (1994, April). ASCII Is Too Intimate. Wired, 2(4). Abgerufen 2008-11-04 von http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.04/idees.fortes1.html.

Is there a workaround (v. 1.0.9)? Thank you.

Rintze · February 15, 2009

For now creating a customized style is the only way to go.

http://www.zotero.org/support/dev/creating_citation_styles

hussong · February 15, 2009

Thank you for you quick reply. I took a look at the style, and tweaking it was actually much easier than I thought!

Here's my workaround:

1. Download apa.csl from http://www.zotero.org/styles and save to disk
2. Open in text editor
3. Change parameters for variable "accessed" (lines 86-90) to

<date variable="accessed" suffix=" ">
  <date-part name="day" prefix="am " suffix=". "/>
  <date-part name="month" suffix=" "/>
  <date-part name="year"/>
</date>

4. Change ID info (lines 5-7) to

  <title>American Psychological Association (de)</title>
  <id>http://www.zotero.org/styles/apa-de</id>;
  <link href="http://www.zotero.org/styles/apa-de"/>;

to make custom style identifiable and avoid automatic overwriting (quick and dirty, and I'm guessing here ...)
5. Save as apa-de.csl and open in Firefox to import to Zotero.
6. Set as default style in Zotero (and word processor extension) and you're done.

Note: occasionally, you should compare your custom style to the original so you don't get disconnected from its improvements.

nikruge · March 6, 2018

Hi, is there anyone who knows how this works nowadays? I didnt't manage to modify the APA 6th this way neither in text editor, nor in the integrated editor.

Anyone knows more?

adamsmith · March 6, 2018

What exactly is the question? APA should localize dates

nikruge · March 10, 2018

@adamsmith I'm referring to modifying the APA style as described above by @hussong. It's working with the 6th edition for the date formats, but only for the accessed ones. So if I cite an article not only with (2018), but with 01.02.2018, it makes it (2018, Februar 2).

So in the end it creates a mixture between german and english.

nikruge · March 10, 2018

So if by localize you mean it adapts to the language, no it does not in my particular case as described above @adamsmith

adamsmith · March 10, 2018

Du meinst also
Godwin, M. (1994, Februar 2). ASCII Is Too Intimate. Wired, 2(4). Abgerufen am 4. November 2008 von http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.04/idees.fortes1.html.

Die kompletten Daten in Autor-Jahr Zitierstilen sind immer etwas seltsam, aber ich denke das ist eine korrekte Deutsche Übersetzung der APA Richtlinien; wir machen das im Deutschen DGfP Stil genauso: https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/comment/303189/#Comment_303189

Und ich finde das auch so auf den Seiten deutscher Fakultäten, siehe z.B. https://www.uni-muenster.de/imperia/md/content/ew/personen/fischer-ontrup/zitationleitfaden.pdf (PDF) ganz unten.