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TWO-LETTER STATE AND TERRITORY ABBREVIATIONS

STATE(TERRITORY)

STATE(TERRITORY)

STATE(TERRITORY)

Alabama

AL

Kentucky

KY

Ohio

OH

Alaska

AK

Louisiana

LA

Oklahoma

OK

Arizona

AZ

Maine

ME

Oregon

OR

Arkansas

AR

Maryland

MD

Pennsylvania

PA

American Samoa

AS

Massachusetts

MA

Puerto Rico

PR

California

CA

Michigan

MI

Rhode Island

RI

Colorado

CO

Minnesota

MN

South Carolina

SC

Connecticut

CT

Mississippi

MS

South Dakota

SD

Delaware

DE

Missouri

MO

Tennessee

TN

District of Columbia

DC

Montana

MT

Texas

TX

Florida

FL

Nebraska

NE

Trust Territories

TT

Georgia

GA

Nevada

NV

Utah

UT

Guam

GU

New Hampshire

NH

Vermont

VT

Hawaii

HI

New Jersey

NJ

Virginia

VA

Idaho

ID

New Mexico

NM

Virgin Islands

VI

Illinois

IL

New York

NY

Washington

WA

Indiana

IN

North Carolina

NC

West Virginia

WV

Iowa

IA

North Dakota

ND

Wisconsin

WI

Kansas

KS

Northern Mariana Islands

CM

Wyoming

WY

MISCELLANEOUS ABBREVIATIONS

DAYS OF THE WEEK

MONTHS OF THE YEAR

POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS

POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS

Sunday

Sun.

January

Jan.

Annex

Anx.

Parkway

Pkwy.

Monday

Mon.

February

Feb.

Avenue

Ave.

Place

Pl.

Tuesday

Tues.

March

Mar.

Boulevard

Blvd.

Plaza

Plz.

Wednesday

Wed.

April

Apr.

Camp

Cp.

Road

Rd.

Thursday

Thurs.

May

May

Circle

Cir.

Rural Route

RR

Friday

Fri.

June

June

Court

Ct.

Saint

St.

Saturday

Sat.

July

July

Drive

Dr.

San

Sn.

 

 

August

Aug.

Estates

Est.

Santa

Sn.

 

 

September

Sept.

Expressway

Expy

Santo

Sn.

 

 

October

Oct.

Fort

Ft.

Square

Sq.

 

 

November

Nov.

Highway

Hwy.

State

St.

 

 

December

Dec.

In care of

c/o

Station

Stn.

 

 

 

 

Island

Is.

Street

St.

 

 

 

 

Junction

Jct.

Terrace

Ter.

 

 

 

 

Lane

Ln.

Turnpike

Tpk.

 

 

 

 

Mount

Mt.

 

 

TIME ZONES (EAST TO WEST)

TIME ZONE

 

CONVERSION

TIME ZONE

 

CONVERSION

Atlantic standard time

A.s.t.

(+4=UTC)

Alaskan standard time

A.s.t.

(+9=UTC)

Atlantic daylight time

A.d.t.

(+3=UTC)

Alaskan daylight time

A.d.t.

(+8=UTC)

eastern standard time

e.s.t.

(+5=UTC)

Bering standard time

B.s.t.

(+10=UTC)

eastern daylight time

e.d.t.

(+4=UTC)

Bering daylight time

B.d.t.

(+9=UTC)

central standard time

c.s.t.

(+6=UTC)

Hawaiian standard time

H.s.t.

(+10=UTC)

central daylight time

c.d.t

(+5=UTC)

Hawaiian daylight time

H.d.t.

(+9=UTC)

mountain standard time

m.s.t

(+7=UTC)

Pacific standard time

P.s.t.

(+8=UTC)

mountain daylight time

m.d.t.

(+6=UTC)

Pacific daylight time

P.d.t.

(+7=UTC)

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

WEIGHT

CAPACITY

ENGLISH SYSTEM

METRIC SYSTEM

ENGLISH SYSTEM

METRIC SYSTEM

Units of Measure

 

Units of Measure

 

Units of Measure

 

Units of Measure

 

ton

t

metric ton

mt

gallon

gal

kiloliter

kL

hundred weight

cwt

kilogram

kg

quart

qt

liter

L

pound

lb

gram

g

pint

pt

deciliter

dL

ounce

oz

decigram

dg

bushel

bu

centiliter

cL

 

 

centigram

cg

peck

pk

milliliter

mL

 

 

milligram

mg

 

 

 

 

 

LENGTH

AREA

Units of Measure

 

Units of Measure

 

Units of Measure

 

Units of Measure

 

mile

mi

meter

m

square mile

mi²

square kilometer

km²

yard

yd

decimeter

dm

square yard

yd²

square

centimeter

cm²

foot

ft

centimeter

cm

square foot

ft²

 

 

inch

in

millimeter

mm

square inch

in²

 

 

VOLUME

ENGLISH SYSTEM

METRIC SYSTEM

Units of Measure

Units of Measure

cubic yard

yd³

cubic inch

in³

cubic foot

ft³

cubic centimeter

cm³

COMPASS DIRECTIONS

DECODE

ENCODE

E

east

north

N

ENE

east-north east

north-east

NE

ESE

east-south east

north-north east

NNE

N

north

east-north east

ENE

NE

north-east

east

E

NNE

north-north east

east-south east

ESE

NW

north-west

south-east

SE

NNW

north-north west

south-south east

SSE

S

south

south

S

SE

south-east

south-south west

SSW

SSE

south-south east

south-west

SW

SSW

south-south west

west-south west

WSW

SW

south-west

west

W

W

west

west-north west

WNW

WNW

west-north west

north-west

NW

WSW

west-south west

north-north west

NNW