Date formatter

[melTr]

Using more and more biblatex format, I would like to have the possibility to have a date formatter.
Could be similar to already existing one : \format[CurrentDate]{yyyy.MM.dd}

[tobiasdiez]

So if I understand you correctly, you want a formatter which formats the date field to a specific form (say yyyy/mm/dd)?

[melTr]

Yes exactly!
For now date field is output as yyyy-MM-dd but I would like the possibility to use at MM/yyyy for my document's needs. Thanks.

[Siedlerchr]

@melTr Biblatex explicitly needs the Date format in ISO, from the BibLaTeX reference manual:
http://tug.ctan.org/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex/doc/biblatex.pdf
2.3.8 Date Specifications

The date fields date,origdate,eventdate, and urldate require a date
specification in yyyy-mm-dd format. Date ranges are given as yyyy-mm-dd/yyyy-mm-dd.[...]

The formatted display of the date in the citation/bibliography is depending on the biblatex style and language you use and of couse if you provide the arguments:
See 3.1.1 Load-time Options for an example

[oscargus]

@Siedlerchr : @melTr is talking about a LayoutFormatter to export the .bib-file to some other suitable format (or to use with OpenOffice/LibreOffice).

[Siedlerchr]

Ah now I get it :) It was a bit confusing for me.