Sorry - just realised this is is a duplicate post. Got no replies from the first - perhaps this post describes the situation better.
[Can a mod please delete the first post? Thanks]

Using 1.10.3 and current modules

How do I get the search results to show the date as it is in my list template. I have removed the spans as I don't want the title "date" included. The display is "13 June 2012" not "Date: 13 June 2012". For some reason in the search results, it comes up as
"13 2012" - the name of the month is missing.

I have adapted the search result template and am using it as below. The only things I have changed from the default are to remove the spans for titles and added my own span around {$event.event_title} to create spaces so I can put it all on one line. I also have positioned event title after the date. I wouldn't have thought this had any bearing on the way the date is displayed but I am not very clever with smarty.

Thanks

<h3>{$mod->Lang('search_results')}</h3>
<p>{$mod->Lang('search_words')}:&nbsp;{$search_text}</p>
<p>{$mod->Lang('start_date')}:&nbsp;{$search_start_date|cms_date_format}</p>
<p>{$mod->Lang('end_date')}:&nbsp;{$search_end_date|cms_date_format}</p>
<p>{$mod->Lang('category')}:&nbsp;{if $search_category == '-1'}{$mod->Lang('cal_any_category')}{else}{$mod->GetCategoryName($search_category)}{/if}</p>
{if !isset($events)}
{$mod->Lang('no_results_found')}
{else}
<br/>

{* pagination stuff *}
{if isset($firstpage_url) || isset($lastpage_url)}
<div style="text-align: center;">
{if isset($firstpage_url)}
<a href="{$firstpage_url}">{$mod->Lang('first_page')}</a>&nbsp;
<a href="{$prevpage_url}">{$mod->Lang('prev_page')}</a>&nbsp;
{/if}
{$mod->Lang('page_of',$pagenum,$numpages)}
{if isset($lastpage_url)}
&nbsp;<a href="{$nextpage_url}">{$mod->Lang('next_page')}</a>
&nbsp;<a href="{$lastpage_url}">{$mod->Lang('last_page')}</a>
{/if}
</div>
{/if}
{* display the output *}
{foreach from=$events key=key item=event}
<div class="calendar-event">

{assign var=month_number value=$event.event_date_start|date_format:"%m"}
{assign var=end_month_number value=$event.event_date_end|date_format:"%m"}
{if $event.event_date_start == $event.event_date_end || $event.event_date_end == 0}
{$event.event_date_start|date_format:"%e"} {$month_names[$month_number]} {$event.event_date_start|date_format:"%Y"}
{else}
{if $event.event_date_start|date_format:"%d%m%Y" == $event.event_date_end|date_format:"%d%m%Y"}
{$event.event_date_start|date_format:"%e"} {$month_names[$month_number]} {$event.event_date_start|date_format:"%Y %H:%M"} {$lang.to} {$event.event_date_end|date_format:"%H:%M"}
{else}
{$event.event_date_start|date_format:"%e"} {$month_names[$month_number]} {$event.event_date_start|date_format:"%Y %H:%M"} {$lang.to} {$event.event_date_end|date_format:"%d"} {$month_names[$end_month_number]} {$event.event_date_end|date_format:"%Y %H:%M"}
{/if}
{/if}

<span class="calendar-event"></span>
{$event.event_title}
<span class="calendar-event"></span>
{if $event.event_summary !="" && ($detail != 1 || ($event.event_details =="" || $event.event_details == "<br />"))}
{$event.event_summary}
{/if}
{* optionally display detail information
{if $event.event_details !="" && $event.event_details != "<br />"}
{$event.event_details}
{/if}
*}
</div>
{/foreach}
{/if}


{if $return_url != ""}
<div class="calendar-returnlink">{$return_url}</div>
{/if}

Was looking at Smarty date format conversion and decided to add: %B to the code below:

{if $event.event_date_start == $event.event_date_end || $event.event_date_end == 0}
{$event.event_date_start|date_format:"%e %B"} {$month_names[$month_number]} {$event.event_date_start|date_format:"%Y"}

This has now given me the month name in the search results.

I don't understand why it has {$month_names[$month_number]} in the code if it doesn't output the month name without %B being added.