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harry potter question?

Jenny K asked:


does anyone know what YEAR harry potter is supposed to be set in? cuz they have cars and stuff, but the Hogwarts castle and stuff looks really old. Does J. Rowling even mention a year? or is it supposed to be just left to your own imagination?

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10 Responses to “harry potter question?”

  1. ~T.Dub~ on May 21st, 2009 5:38 am

    I think that there is meant to be no specific date and it’s left for your imagination.

    it’s a fantasy/fiction book and i reckon that it’s best when there is no set year.

    i’ve always wondered this too!

  2. Micaela M on May 23rd, 2009 9:57 pm

    The early 90’s.

  3. Jose Z on May 26th, 2009 8:32 am

    during 1991.?

  4. CatholicSchoolGirl on May 27th, 2009 5:37 pm

    Hogwarts is old. Prof. Dumbledore is old. Everythings old! But Harry and Ron and everyone else dresses modernly in the movies. J.K. Rowling never said a year and neither did the movies. I really have no clue!

  5. John X on June 9th, 2009 8:15 am

    JK Rowling wrote the first book in 1998 and it was set in 2001. This was done so the books could follow an increasing order book two in 2002 book 3 in 2003 and so on.

  6. jamie on June 12th, 2009 6:25 pm

    well, if you see [in the movie] the parts in his human life, it’s all normal. so basically, 2000-present. Hogwarts has been around for a very, very long time. Time doesn’t really matter there [besides school year, holidays, etc.] because they teach everything the same from when they taught it long ago.

  7. I ♥ Twilight! #1 Fan! on June 20th, 2009 1:29 pm

    It’s meant to be your imagination. The readers imagine the time.

  8. Stefani on June 21st, 2009 1:29 am

    The first one takes place from 1991-1992, the second from 1992-1993, and so on :)

  9. Leanne on June 23rd, 2009 1:48 am

    imagination i think

  10. bunny02 on June 23rd, 2009 3:07 pm

    They are set in the 1990’s. His second year is 1992-1993.

    This is known because of Nick’s death day party. Which gives the date of Nick’s death, and using the death date anniversary year, you can figure out the year harry potter actually takes place.

    I’d give you more details if I had the book on hand (right now it’s packed away in a box)