Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

when does the book take place

for example (day, month, year, decade, century, period, past, present, or future). what details suggestthis time period

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There are basically two worlds. There is the Muggle world and the world of Hogwarts School. In the Muggle world Harry lives at 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging, England. The time seems to be present or contemporary. The Hogwarts world is a magical world,

Perched atop a high mountain on the other side [of a black lake], its windows sparkling in the starry sky, was a vast castle with many turrets and towers.