NOTES FOR PRESS RELEASES
Abbreviations for Months
Spell out months when used alone or with either a date or year but abbreviate them to the following when used with a date and year. All months with five letters or less are never abbreviated. Never abbreviate days of the week.
January | Jan. |
February | Feb. |
March | March |
April | April |
May | May |
June | June |
July | July |
August | Aug. |
September | Sept. |
October | Oct. |
November | Nov. |
Decemebrt | Dec. |
Abbreviations for States
Abbreviations for Months
MONTHS:
Spell out months when used alone or with either a date or year but abbreviate them to the following when used with a date and year. All months with five letters or less are never abbreviated. Never abbreviate days of the week.
January ‐ Jan. February ‐ Feb. March ‐ March April ‐ April May ‐ May June ‐ June July ‐ July August ‐ Aug. September ‐ Sept. October ‐ Oct. November ‐ Nov. December ‐ Dec.
Examples:
Sally went missing on Friday, Jan. 31, 2011.
The event will be held in mid-September.
The winning number was posted Sunday, July 5 for review.
Abbreviations for States
STATES:
The general AP rules for usage of state abbreviations when used in datelines, and in the body text of a news announcement.
The names of these eight U.S. states are never abbreviated in text: Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Ohio, Texas and Utah. Spell out the names of the 50 states when they stand alone in text.
Use the two-letter Postal Service abbreviations only with full addresses, including ZIP code. AP Abbreviations:
Ala. (AL) Ariz. (AZ) Ark. (AR) Calif.(CA) Colo.(CO) Conn.(CT) Del. (DE) Fla. (FL) Ga. (GA) Ill. (IL) Ind. (IN) Kan. (KS) Ky. (KY) La. (LA) Md. (MD) Mass. (MA) Mich. (MI) Minn. (MN) Miss. (MS) Mo. (MO) Mont. (MT) Neb. (NE) Nev. (NV) N.H. (NH) N.J. (NJ) N.M. (NM) N.Y. (NY) N.C. (NC) N.D. (ND) Okla. (OK) Ore. (OR) Pa. (PA) R.I. (RI) S.C. (SC) S.D. (SD) Tenn. (TN) Vt. (VT) Va. (VA) Wash. (WA) W.Va. (WV) Wis. (WI) Wyo. (WY)
Examples: SAN DIEGO, Calif. / ST. LOUIS, Mo. / DUNCAN, Ariz. / DALLAS, Texas
ABC Company, 123 My Street, San Diego, CA 00000.
Example Dateline:
SAN DIEGO, Calif., February 1, 2011