How do you write 2012 in Roman numerals?

2012 is written MMXII in Roman numerals: MM (2,000) + X (10) + II (2).

How do you write '12 in Roman numerals?

The last two digits of 2012 are written XII.

Year · 21st century

2012 is written MMXII

Type any other number or numeral below to convert it.

Above 3,999? Type the barred part in brackets, e.g. (IV)CC = 4,200.

Roman numerals are written one decimal place at a time, largest first.

2,000 + 10 + 2 = 2,012

No subtraction is needed here: every letter is the same size or smaller than the one before it, so you simply add them up.

There's no letter for zero. The zero is simply left out, which is why 2012 has 3 parts, not 4.

Shortened to two digits ('12), it's XII. Many date tattoos use this shorter form.
MMXII has 5 letters. 146 of the 201 years from 1900 to 2100 are longer.
2012 was a leap year, with 366 days, and 1 January 2012 was a Sunday.

MMXII in ten open-source fonts, on your skin tone, ready to download or print as a stencil.

Within the 2010s, every year starts MMX (2,010).

Every year from 2008 to 2016 starts MM (2,000); only the ending changes.