Weekdays & month names
(Days of the week and months in English)
Table of contents – weekdays and month names
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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:
