English Numerals

Dates

See also: Calendar date

There are a number of ways to read years. The following table offers a list of valid pronunciations and alternate pronunciations for any given year of the Gregorian calendar.

Year	Most common pronunciation method	Alternative methods
1 BC	(The year) One Before Christ (BC)	1 before the Common era (BCE)
1	(The year) One	Anno Domini (AD) 1 1 of the Common era (CE) In the year of Our Lord 1
235	Two thirty-five	Two-three-five Two hundred (and) thirty-five
911	Nine eleven	Nine-one-one Nine hundred (and) eleven
999	Nine ninety-nine	Nine-nine-nine Nine hundred (and) ninety-nine Triple nine
1000	One thousand	Ten hundred 1K Ten aught Ten oh
1004	One thousand (and) four	Ten oh-four
1010	Ten ten	One thousand (and) ten
1050	Ten fifty	One thousand (and) fifty
1225	Twelve twenty-five	One-two-two-five One thousand, two hundred (and) twenty-five Twelve-two-five
1900	Nineteen hundred	One thousand, nine hundred Nineteen aught
1901	Nineteen oh-one	Nineteen hundred (and) one One thousand, nine hundred (and) one Nineteen aught one
1919	Nineteen nineteen	Nineteen hundred (and) nineteen One thousand, nine hundred (and) nineteen
1999	Nineteen ninety-nine	Nineteen hundred (and) ninety-nine One thousand, nine hundred (and) ninety-nine
2000	Two thousand	Twenty hundred Two triple-oh Y2K
2001	Two thousand (and) one	Twenty oh-one Twenty hundred (and) one Two double-oh-one Two oh-oh-one
2009	Two thousand (and) nine	Twenty oh-nine Twenty hundred (and) nine Two double-oh-nine Two oh-oh-nine
2010	Two thousand (and) ten Twenty ten	Twenty hundred (and) ten two-oh-one-oh