date=long inoperative

[dbitouze]

The documentation says:

date=long

Use the long format with verbose ranges, for example:
1st January 2010

But, with biblatex 2024/03/21 v3.20, that's not what I get:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[date=long]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}
\begin{document}
\begin{itemize}
\item \citedate{shore}
\item \citedate{baez/online}
\end{itemize}
\printbibliography
\end{document}

[moewew]

I assume you want the months spelled out? That is controlled by the dateabbrev option.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[date=long, dateabbrev=false]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}
\begin{document}
\begin{itemize}
\item \citedate{shore}
\item \citedate{baez/online}
\end{itemize}
\printbibliography
\end{document}

[dbitouze]

I assume you want the months spelled out?

Indeed.

That is controlled by the dateabbrev option.

Ah, OK: thanks! IMHO, the date=long documentation should be revised in this respect.