--- title: Harry Potter: J.K. Rowling Celebrates '19 Years Later' Date description: It's been 19 years (and four months) since Harry Potter defeated Voldemort at the Battle of Hogwarts to end the Second Wizarding War. canonical: https://time.com/4924752/j-k-rowling-harry-potter-19-years-later/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-01T15:14:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:58.379Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: J.K. 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Rowling Celebrates '19 Years Later' Date From Harry Potter twitter:description: It's time for Albus Severus to board the Hogwarts Express twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9572c9a3c623df77/698872f2bc6cfc2dc73da91d/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-ii_60608ccf.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # J.K. Rowling Celebrates the Official '19 Years Later' Date From _Harry Potter_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 1, 2017 3:14 PM UTC  Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter and Arthur Bowen as Albus Severus Potter in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter and Arthur Bowen as Albus Severus Potter in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2Warner Bros.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 1, 2017 3:14 PM UTC It’s been 19 years (and four months) since [Harry Potter](http://time.com/4859407/harry-potter-heartwarming-moments/) defeated [Voldemort](http://time.com/4716752/harry-potter-ralph-fiennes-voldemort-laugh/) at the [Battle of Hogwarts](http://time.com/4749654/harry-potter-19-year-later-book/) to end the Second Wizarding War. And as many _Harry Potter_ fans are aware, that means it’s officially the day Albus Severus Potter — the second son of Harry and Ginny Weasley — boards the Hogwarts Express for his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As we now know from _Harry Potter and the Cursed Child_, Albus will go on to be sorted into Slytherin, not Gryffindor as he hoped. But that just means he has the opportunity to live up to his namesake. “You were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts,” Harry reminded him on Platform 9¾. “One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew.” J.K. Rowling took to Twitter Friday morning to mark the occasion, tweeting out a reminder for fans of the date from _The Deathly Hallows_ prologue. “Today’s the day Albus Severus Potter boards the Hogwarts Express at King’s Cross for the first time,” she wrote. > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/903511124288688128) Harry must be so proud. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4924752/j-k-rowling-harry-potter-19-years-later/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4924752/j-k-rowling-harry-potter-19-years-later/"},"headline":"J.K. Rowling Celebrates the Official '19 Years Later' Date From Harry Potter","datePublished":"2017-09-01T15:14:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:46:58.379Z","description":"It's time for Albus Severus to board the Hogwarts Express","url":"https://time.com/4924752/j-k-rowling-harry-potter-19-years-later/","keywords":["Pop Culture","Newsfeed","viral","Books","Harry Potter","J.K. 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