diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/cite.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/cite.js
index 3f6802fc4..1dcdb468b 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/cite.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/cite.js
@@ -372,39 +372,4 @@ Zotero.Cite.makeFormattedBibliography = function(cslEngine, format) {
 
 Zotero.Cite.labels = ["page", "book", "chapter", "column", "figure", "folio",
 		"issue", "line", "note", "opus", "paragraph", "part", "section", "sub verbo",
-		"volume", "verse"];
-
-Zotero.Cite._monthStrings = false;
-Zotero.Cite.getMonthStrings = function(form, locale) {
-	if(Zotero.Cite._monthStrings){ 
-		return Zotero.Cite._monthStrings[form];
-	} else {
-		Zotero.Cite._monthStrings = {"long":[], "short":[]};
-		
-		var sys = {'xml':new Zotero.CiteProc.CSL.System.Xml.Parsing()};
-		if(!locale) locale = Zotero.locale;
-		
-		var cslLocale = Zotero.CiteProc.CSL.localeResolve(Zotero.locale);
-		if(!Zotero.CiteProc.CSL.locale[cslLocale.best]) {
-			let localexml = sys.xml.makeXml(Zotero.Cite.System.retrieveLocale(cslLocale.best));
-			Zotero.CiteProc.CSL.localeSet.call(Zotero.CiteProc.CSL, sys, localexml, cslLocale.best, cslLocale.best);
-		}
-		
-		var locale = Zotero.CiteProc.CSL.locale[cslLocale.best];
-		if(!locale) {
-			Zotero.log("No locale "+cslLocale.best+"; using en-US", "warning");
-			return Zotero.Cite.getMonthStrings(form, "en-US");
-		}
-		
-		for(let i=1; i<=12; i++) {
-			let term = locale.terms["month-"+(i<10 ? "0" : "")+i];
-			if(term) {
-				Zotero.Cite._monthStrings["long"][i-1] = term["long"];
-				Zotero.Cite._monthStrings["short"][i-1] = (term["short"] ? term["short"].replace(".", "", "g") : term["long"]);
-			} else {
-				Zotero.log("No month "+i+" specified for locale "+cslLocale.best, "warning");
-			}
-		}
-		return Zotero.Cite._monthStrings[form];
-	}
-}
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+		"volume", "verse"];
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/date.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/date.js
index 075e4cbb5..92ebbb80c 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/date.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/date.js
@@ -45,7 +45,35 @@ Zotero.Date = new function(){
 	this.getLocaleDateOrder = getLocaleDateOrder;
 	
 	var _localeDateOrder = null;
+	var _months = null;
 	
+	/**
+	 * Load dateFormat bundle into _dateFormatsBundle
+	 */
+	function _loadDateFormatsBundle() {
+		var src = 'chrome://global/locale/dateFormat.properties';
+		var localeService = Components.classes['@mozilla.org/intl/nslocaleservice;1'].
+							getService(Components.interfaces.nsILocaleService);
+		var appLocale = localeService.getApplicationLocale();
+		
+		var bundle =
+			Components.classes["@mozilla.org/intl/stringbundle;1"]
+			.getService(Components.interfaces.nsIStringBundleService).createBundle(src, appLocale);
+		
+		_months = {"short":[], "long":[]};
+		for(let i=1; i<=12; i++) {
+			_months.short.push(bundle.GetStringFromName("month."+i+".Mmm"));
+			_months.long.push(bundle.GetStringFromName("month."+i+".name"));
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Lazy getter for reading month strings from dateFormat.properties
+	 */
+	this.__defineGetter__("months", function() {
+		if(!_months) _loadDateFormatsBundle();
+		return _months;
+	});
 	
 	/**
 	* Convert an SQL date in the form '2006-06-13 11:03:05' into a JS Date object
@@ -305,9 +333,9 @@ Zotero.Date = new function(){
 			var months = ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul',
 				'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'];
 			// If using a non-English bibliography locale, try those too
-			if (Zotero.locale != 'en-US') {
-				months = months.concat(Zotero.Cite.getMonthStrings("short"));
-			}
+			//if (Zotero.locale != 'en-US') {
+				months = months.concat(Zotero.Date.months.short);
+			//}
 			if(!_monthRe) {
 				_monthRe = new RegExp("^(.*)\\b("+months.join("|")+")[^ ]*(?: (.*)$|$)", "i");
 			}
@@ -383,7 +411,7 @@ Zotero.Date = new function(){
 				string += date.part+" ";
 			}
 			
-			var months = Zotero.Cite.getMonthStrings("long");
+			var months = Zotero.Date.months.long;
 			if(date.month != undefined && months[date.month]) {
 				// get short month strings from CSL interpreter
 				string += months[date.month];