Rewrite url / permalink for default archive – yearly / monthly

You can do this without adding rewrite rules by changing the $date_structure of the $wp_rewrite instance of the WP_Rewrite class:

function wpa116030_init(){
    global $wp_rewrite;
    $wp_rewrite->date_structure="about/blog/archive/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%";
}
add_action( 'init', 'wpa116030_init' );

Visit your Permalinks settings page after adding this code to flush the rewrite rules.