diff --git a/app/helpers/dates_helper.rb b/app/helpers/dates_helper.rb
index 2b1bbc9..ba3827e 100644
--- a/app/helpers/dates_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/dates_helper.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@ module DatesHelper
 
   include GetText
 
+  MONTHS = [
+    N_('January'),
+    N_('February'),
+    N_('March'),
+    N_('April'),
+    N_('May'),
+    N_('June'),
+    N_('July'),
+    N_('August'),
+    N_('September'),
+    N_('October'),
+    N_('November'),
+    N_('December')
+  ]
+
   # formats a date for displaying.
   def show_date(date)
     if date
@@ -51,20 +66,7 @@ module DatesHelper
     end
 
     # FIXME Date#strftime should translate this for us !!! 
-    monthname = _([
-                  N_('January'),
-                  N_('February'),
-                  N_('March'),
-                  N_('April'),
-                  N_('May'),
-                  N_('June'),
-                  N_('July'),
-                  N_('August'),
-                  N_('September'),
-                  N_('October'),
-                  N_('November'),
-                  N_('December')
-    ][month.to_i - 1])
+    monthname = _(MONTHS[month.to_i - 1])
 
     _('%{month} %{year}') % { :year => year, :month => monthname }
   end
@@ -82,4 +84,9 @@ module DatesHelper
 
     link_to show_month(next_month_date.year, next_month_date.month) + ' →', :year => next_month_date.year, :month => next_month_date.month
   end
+
+  def pick_date(object, method)
+    date_select(object, method, :use_month_names => MONTHS.map {|item| gettext(item)})
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/app/views/cms/_event.rhtml b/app/views/cms/_event.rhtml
index 4d7d693..59e00e0 100644
--- a/app/views/cms/_event.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/cms/_event.rhtml
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-<%= calendar_date_select_includes 'silver', :locale => calendar_date_select_language %>
-
 <%# TODO add Textile help here %>
 <%= render :file => 'shared/tiny_mce' %>
 
 <%= f.text_field('name', :size => '64') %>
 
-<%= labelled_form_field(_('Start date'), calendar_date_select(:article, :start_date)) %>
+<%= labelled_form_field(_('Start date'), pick_date(:article, :start_date)) %>
 
-<%= labelled_form_field(_('End date'), calendar_date_select(:article, :end_date)) %>
+<%= labelled_form_field(_('End date'), pick_date(:article, :end_date)) %>
 
 <%= labelled_form_field(_('Event website:'), text_field(:article, :link)) %>
 
diff --git a/test/unit/dates_helper_test.rb b/test/unit/dates_helper_test.rb
index 10ebd24..36b276f 100644
--- a/test/unit/dates_helper_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/dates_helper_test.rb
@@ -79,4 +79,24 @@ class DatesHelperTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     link_to_previous_month(nil, nil)
   end
 
+  should 'provide an intertionalized date selector pass month names' do
+
+    expects(:gettext).with('January').returns('January')
+    expects(:gettext).with('February').returns('February')
+    expects(:gettext).with('March').returns('March')
+    expects(:gettext).with('April').returns('April')
+    expects(:gettext).with('May').returns('May')
+    expects(:gettext).with('June').returns('June')
+    expects(:gettext).with('July').returns('July')
+    expects(:gettext).with('August').returns('August')
+    expects(:gettext).with('September').returns('September')
+    expects(:gettext).with('October').returns('October')
+    expects(:gettext).with('November').returns('November')
+    expects(:gettext).with('December').returns('December')
+
+    expects(:date_select).with(:object, :method, {:use_month_names => ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December']}).returns("KKKKKKKK")
+
+    assert_equal 'KKKKKKKK', pick_date(:object, :method)
+  end
+
 end
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