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mmm – three-letter abbreviation for month, e.g. Mar; mmmm – month spelled out in full, e.g. March; d – one-digit day of the month for days below 10, e.g. 2; dd – two-digit day of the month, e.g. 02; ddd – three-letter abbreviation for day of the week, e.g. Fri; dddd – day of the week spelled out in full, e.g. Friday; Separators of ...
The day-month-year order has been increasing in usage since the early 1980s. The month is usually written as an abbreviated name, as in "19 Jul 1942" (sometimes with hyphens). [5] Many genealogical databases and the Modern Language Association citation style use this format.
This template returns the English abbreviation (between "Jan" and "Dec") of the month whose number is in parameter. Alternatively, the English name or abbreviation (in any letter case) can be provided.
K – Is used as an abbreviation for 1,000. For example, $225K would be understood to mean $225,000, and $3.6K would be understood to mean $3,600. Multiple K's are not commonly used to represent larger numbers. In other words, it would look odd to use $1.2KK to represent $1,200,000. Ke – Is used as an
an abbreviated format from the "Acceptable date formats" table, provided the day and month elements are in the same order as in dates in the article body the format expected in the citation style being used (but all-numeric date formats other than yyyy - mm - dd must still be avoided).
every month q.n. every night QNS q.n.s. quantity not sufficient q.o.d. every other day (from Latin quaque altera die) (deprecated; use "every other day" instead. See the do-not-use list) QOF: Quality and Outcomes Framework (system for payment of GPs in the UK National Health Service) q.o.h. every other hour q.s.
Specialty abbreviations should not be confused with abbreviated months in limited cases: "nov." (nova) in biology e.g. Strobilops sp. nov. 1 - the "nov. 1" portion should not be refactored into a November date "dec." is sometimes used in cricket articles as short form for declaration and forfeiture - such cases should not be refactored to December
In general, however, abbreviations for years or months are usually avoided (e.g., Jan. '68 → January 1968) unless when there's a clear established practice in reliable sources to do otherwise (e.g. May 68, different from May 1968); for centuries numerals are given in text, capitalised (e.g., Crisis of the 3rd century → Crisis of the Third ...