Joomla URL Rewrite and .htaccess
example.com/component/k2/item/Example_document.html

example.com/year/month/example_document.html

example.com/2012/06/example_document.html

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^%(TIME_YEAR)?$ component/k2/ [NC,L] # Get rid of component/k2 replace with year
RewriteRule ^%{TIME_MON}?$ item/ [NC,L] #  Get rid of item and replace with month*