diff -ruN dj-date-formats-base/django/conf/global_settings.py dj-date-formats/django/conf/global_settings.py
--- dj-date-formats-base/django/conf/global_settings.py	2006-05-26 01:05:02.000000000 -0300
+++ dj-date-formats/django/conf/global_settings.py	2006-06-01 13:36:49.000000000 -0300
@@ -203,6 +203,16 @@
 # http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/templates/#now
 TIME_FORMAT = 'P'
 
+# Default formatting for time objects when only the year and month are relevant.
+# See all available format strings here:
+# http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/templates/#now
+YEAR_MONTH_FORMAT = 'F Y'
+
+# Default formatting for time objects when only the month and day are relevant.
+# See all available format strings here:
+# http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/templates/#now
+MONTH_DAY_FORMAT = 'F j'
+
 # Whether to enable Psyco, which optimizes Python code. Requires Psyco.
 # http://psyco.sourceforge.net/
 ENABLE_PSYCO = False
diff -ruN dj-date-formats-base/django/utils/translation.py dj-date-formats/django/utils/translation.py
--- dj-date-formats-base/django/utils/translation.py	2006-05-16 18:28:06.000000000 -0300
+++ dj-date-formats/django/utils/translation.py	2006-06-01 11:11:23.000000000 -0300
@@ -371,6 +371,21 @@
         time_format = settings.TIME_FORMAT
     return (date_format, datetime_format, time_format)
 
+def get_partial_date_formats():
+    """
+    This function checks whether translation files provide a translation for some
+    technical message ID to store partial date formats. If it doesn't contain
+    one, the formats provided in the settings will be used.
+    """
+    from django.conf import settings
+    year_month_format = _('YEAR_MONTH_FORMAT')
+    month_day_format = _('MONTH_DAY_FORMAT')
+    if year_month_format == 'YEAR_MONTH_FORMAT':
+        year_month_format = settings.YEAR_MONTH_FORMAT
+    if month_day_format == 'MONTH_DAY_FORMAT':
+        month_day_format = settings.MONTH_DAY_FORMAT
+    return (year_month_format, month_day_format)
+
 def install():
     """
     Installs the gettext function as the default translation function under