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