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Military time chart
Military time counts the hours from 00 to 23, so there is no a.m. or p.m.: 0700 is 7 a.m. and 1900 is 7 p.m. For any hour after noon, take away 12 to get the regular time, or add 12 to go the other way.
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Military time chart
| Military | Regular | Military | Regular |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0000 | 12:00 a.m. | 0030 | 12:30 a.m. |
| 0100 | 1:00 a.m. | 0130 | 1:30 a.m. |
| 0200 | 2:00 a.m. | 0230 | 2:30 a.m. |
| 0300 | 3:00 a.m. | 0330 | 3:30 a.m. |
| 0400 | 4:00 a.m. | 0430 | 4:30 a.m. |
| 0500 | 5:00 a.m. | 0530 | 5:30 a.m. |
| 0600 | 6:00 a.m. | 0630 | 6:30 a.m. |
| 0700 | 7:00 a.m. | 0730 | 7:30 a.m. |
| 0800 | 8:00 a.m. | 0830 | 8:30 a.m. |
| 0900 | 9:00 a.m. | 0930 | 9:30 a.m. |
| 1000 | 10:00 a.m. | 1030 | 10:30 a.m. |
| 1100 | 11:00 a.m. | 1130 | 11:30 a.m. |
| 1200 | 12:00 p.m. | 1230 | 12:30 p.m. |
| 1300 | 1:00 p.m. | 1330 | 1:30 p.m. |
| 1400 | 2:00 p.m. | 1430 | 2:30 p.m. |
| 1500 | 3:00 p.m. | 1530 | 3:30 p.m. |
| 1600 | 4:00 p.m. | 1630 | 4:30 p.m. |
| 1700 | 5:00 p.m. | 1730 | 5:30 p.m. |
| 1800 | 6:00 p.m. | 1830 | 6:30 p.m. |
| 1900 | 7:00 p.m. | 1930 | 7:30 p.m. |
| 2000 | 8:00 p.m. | 2030 | 8:30 p.m. |
| 2100 | 9:00 p.m. | 2130 | 9:30 p.m. |
| 2200 | 10:00 p.m. | 2230 | 10:30 p.m. |
| 2300 | 11:00 p.m. | 2330 | 11:30 p.m. |
How to read military time
The first two digits are the hour and the last two the minutes. From 0100 to 1259 the hours match the morning clock (0930 is 9:30 a.m.). From 1300 to 2359, subtract 12 from the hour (1745 is 5:45 p.m.). Midnight is 0000, the start of the day; some schedules write 2400 for midnight at the end of a day, so a night shift may show as 1900 to 0700 or 1900 to 2400 and 0000 to 0700.
People usually say it as two pairs: 0700 is “oh seven hundred” or “zero seven hundred”, 1930 is “nineteen thirty”, and the hours are often followed by “hours”.
Common mistakes
- Noon and midnight. 1200 is noon and 0000 is midnight. 12:30 a.m., half an hour after midnight, is 0030, not 1230.
- Adding hours. Military time is still in hours and minutes: 1745 plus 30 minutes is 1815, not 1775.
- Decimal hours. Payroll often uses decimals: a shift from 0645 to 1915 is 12 hours 30 minutes, 12.5 hours. The hours calculator does it for you.
- Time zones. The same clock reading means a different moment in another zone; aviation and IT logs use UTC, written with a Z. See UTC time.
Military time on shift schedules
Hospitals, police, fire departments and plants write shift times on the 24-hour clock because it removes any doubt about a.m. and p.m. A 12-hour rotation usually runs 0700–1900 and 1900–0700; 8-hour shifts often run 0700–1500, 1500–2300 and 2300–0700. See 1st, 2nd and 3rd shift hours. To total hours on a time card that uses the 24-hour clock, use the hours calculator.
Military and aviation schedules also add a time zone letter. “Z”, or Zulu time, means Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
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Questions
What time is 1700 in military time?
5:00 p.m. Subtract 12 from any hour above 12.
What is 2100 in regular time?
9:00 p.m.
How do you write midnight in military time?
0000 at the start of the day. Some schedules use 2400 for midnight at the end of a day.
What is 12:30 a.m. in military time?
0030. The hour after midnight is 00.
How do you convert p.m. to military time?
Add 12 to the hour, except for 12 noon: 3:15 p.m. is 1515 and 12:45 p.m. is 1245.