Particularities and abbreviations of months and weekdays

There is only one particularity in the spelling of weekdays and months in English orthography, which you should be aware of: They are always written with a capital letter. Instead of writing out the months and days of the week, the following abbreviations can be used:

Names of the months

Month name	Abbreviation
January	Jan
February	Feb
March	Mar
April	Apr
May	May*
June	June*
July	July*
August	Aug
September	Sept
October	Oct
November	Nov
December	Dec

*No abbreviation, as the words are too short.

Days of the week

Weekday	Abbreviation
Monday	Mon
Tuesday	Tue
Wednesday	Wed
Thursday	Thu
Friday	Fri
Saturday	Sat
Sunday	Sun

Further explanations relating to the ‘Weekdays and month names’

The following explanations relate to the topic ‘Spelling of months and weekdays in the English language’ and may also be interesting:

• Telling the time in English
• Day times and mealtimes in English
• The year in English
• Spelling of the date in English
• Exercise 1: English weekdays