Dates in English
The table below shows the way how we say the dates in English. The left column shows how we write the dates and the right column shows how we say them.
| We write | We say |
|---|---|
| 35 B.C. ('Before Christ') | B.C. is usually necessary |
| A.D. 100 | A.D. one hundred 'Anno Domini', 'in the year of our Lord' in latin using A.D. is not necessary, except with the early centuries to avoid possible confusion |
| 1500-1599 | the sixteenth century |
| 1900-1910 | the nineteen hundreds |
| 1066 | ten sixty-six |
| 1917 | nineteen seventeen |
| 1901 | nineteen hundred and one nineteen-(oh)-one |
| 1900 | nineteen hundred |
| 2000 | the year two thousand |
| Day/month/year 6th January, 1990 (lub '90) |
(-st, -nd, - rd, -th may be omitted as well as the comma before the year) |
| Month/day/year January 6th, 1998 (lub '98) |
(-st, -nd, - rd, -th may be omitted as well as the comma before the year) |
| 6.1.90 = 06.01.90 | BrE: January 6, 1990 AmE: June 1, 1990 we say: (BrE) January the sixth = the sixth of January (AmE) January sixth |