English numerals
Dates
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.

English numerals

Section Title: Dates
Table Section Text: 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)	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

1000	One thousand	Ten hundred 1K

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	Twenty ten	Twenty hundred (and) ten two-oh-one-oh Two thousand (and) ten

Sentence(s)

911 is read as nine one one and nine eleven.
911 is usually read as nine eleven or nine one one.

final_sentence: 911 is read as nine one one and nine eleven.
final_sentence: 911 is usually read as nine eleven or nine one one.