Index: django/views/generic/date_based.py
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--- django/views/generic/date_based.py	(revision 4750)
+++ django/views/generic/date_based.py	(working copy)
@@ -272,14 +272,14 @@
             c[key] = value
     return HttpResponse(t.render(c), mimetype=mimetype)
 
-def archive_today(request, **kwargs):
+def archive_today(request, month_format='%b', **kwargs):
     """
     Generic daily archive view for today. Same as archive_day view.
     """
     today = datetime.date.today()
     kwargs.update({
         'year': str(today.year),
-        'month': today.strftime('%b').lower(),
+        'month': today.strftime(month_format).lower(),
         'day': str(today.day),
     })
     return archive_day(request, **kwargs)