Grrr...stupid templates.  This would be the point where we throw up our hands in disgust.  BillC, if you have had the patience to read through this discussion, here's your final answer on why the dates are different: They keep changing around the templates, and so the date formatting on the cite web template does not match the date formatting on the cite journal template.  It's the templates fault, and unless they change the date formatting for the entire cite journal template, there's nothing that we can do about it. If you have a suggestion, please let us know, but this has been an issue since we first started using these templates and we have yet to come up with a solution. Yohmom, I'm sorry I didn't mention this, I had completely forgotten about it. One problem solved, but not the symptom that brought it to our attention...