Roman Numeral Date Plaque

Split the date into day, month, and year numbers. Convert each number separately using Roman symbols: I=1, V=5, X=10, L=50, C=100, D=500, M=1000. For example, 20 June 2020 becomes day 20=XX, month 6=VI, year 2020=MMXX, then join with your separator: XX • VI • MMXX.

Modern uses subtractive notation: IV for 4, IX for 9, XL for 40. Clock uses IIII only for the exact number 4 (like Roman clock faces) and modern for everything else, so 4=IIII but 9=IX and 14=XIV. Additive is the ancient style with no subtraction: 4=IIII, 9=VIIII, 40=XXXX, 900=DCCCC.

That is the clock face tradition. Roman clocks traditionally show IIII for 4 for visual symmetry with VIII on the opposite side. Select Clock mode if you want that historic look for birthdays or wedding days that fall on the 4th, or choose Modern for the standard IV.

Short year shows only the last two digits. For years like 2000, 1900, or 2010 where the remainder is 00, there is no Roman zero. The tool shows N for nulla, the medieval Latin word for nothing, which scribes used to mark zero. Switch to Full year to get MM, MCM, etc.

AD 1 to 9999. Roman numerals have no year zero. Years above 3999 are supported by repeating M beyond three times (e.g., 5000=MMMMM), which is the common modern extension for engraving.

Yes. Use DMY with • separator for European wedding plaques, MDY for US dates, Y for cornerstone year-only plaques like MMXXVI, and Stacked layout for vertical tattoos or jewelry. Download SVG for engravers, laser cutters, and CNC, or PNG for mockups.

After formatting, click Download SVG plaque to get a clean vector file with centered text, border, and background that any engraver or Illustrator can open. Click Download PNG (2×) to get a 1600px wide raster for presentations, invitations, and social posts.

Presets include • bullet (classic plaque), . dot, - dash, / slash, space, · middle dot, : colon, and no separator, plus a custom field for anything like | or ★. Layouts are Inline (one line), Stacked (one component per line), and Spaced (components separated by your separator on its own line).

Yes. The date picker validates real calendar dates including leap years like 29 Feb 2024. It rejects invalid dates and year zero with a clear error message.