Index: django/views/generic/date_based.py
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--- django/views/generic/date_based.py	(revision 6194)
+++ django/views/generic/date_based.py	(working copy)
@@ -274,15 +274,16 @@
             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),
+        'month_format': month_format,
     })
     return archive_day(request, **kwargs)
 
Index: tests/urls.py
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--- tests/urls.py	(revision 6194)
+++ tests/urls.py	(working copy)
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
     (r'^test_client/', include('modeltests.test_client.urls')),
     (r'^test_client_regress/', include('regressiontests.test_client_regress.urls')),
 
+    # Generic views urls
+    (r'^generic_views/', include('regressiontests.generic_views.urls')),
+
     # Always provide the auth system login and logout views
     (r'^accounts/login/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.login', {'template_name': 'login.html'}),
     (r'^accounts/logout/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.logout'),