Military Time Converter

Convert between the 12-hour and 24-hour clocks as you type, and check the full chart below for any hour of the day.

12-hour → military

Military -

Include AM or PM, e.g. "3:30 pm", "11 am", or "12:05 AM".

Military → 12-hour

Standard -

Hours 0–23, with or without a colon, e.g. "0800", "16:30", or "2300".

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Military time chart (0000–2300)

Military	Standard	Pronunciation
0000	12:00 AM	zero hundred hours
0100	1:00 AM	zero one hundred hours
0200	2:00 AM	zero two hundred hours
0300	3:00 AM	zero three hundred hours
0400	4:00 AM	zero four hundred hours
0500	5:00 AM	zero five hundred hours
0600	6:00 AM	zero six hundred hours
0700	7:00 AM	zero seven hundred hours
0800	8:00 AM	zero eight hundred hours
0900	9:00 AM	zero nine hundred hours
1000	10:00 AM	ten hundred hours
1100	11:00 AM	eleven hundred hours
1200	12:00 PM	twelve hundred hours
1300	1:00 PM	thirteen hundred hours
1400	2:00 PM	fourteen hundred hours
1500	3:00 PM	fifteen hundred hours
1600	4:00 PM	sixteen hundred hours
1700	5:00 PM	seventeen hundred hours
1800	6:00 PM	eighteen hundred hours
1900	7:00 PM	nineteen hundred hours
2000	8:00 PM	twenty hundred hours
2100	9:00 PM	twenty-one hundred hours
2200	10:00 PM	twenty-two hundred hours
2300	11:00 PM	twenty-three hundred hours

Frequently asked questions

What is military time?

Military time is the 24-hour clock: it runs from 0000 (midnight) to 2359 without an AM/PM suffix, removing any ambiguity about whether "7:00" means morning or evening. It is standard in the military, aviation, hospitals, logistics, and emergency services.

How do I convert military time to 12-hour time?

For hours 0000 through 0059 say 12:xx AM; for 0100–1159 keep the hour and add AM; 1200 is 12:00 PM; for 1300–2359 subtract 12 from the hours and add PM. Minutes never change: 1630 is 4:30 PM.

How do I convert 12-hour time to military time?

AM hours 1–11 keep their number, 12 AM becomes 00, and PM hours get 12 added (12 PM stays 12). Drop the colon and the suffix: 3:30 PM becomes 1530.

Is midnight 2400 or 0000?

Both refer to midnight. 0000 marks the start of a new day, while 2400 marks the end of one — the minute after 2359 is 0000. In everyday use, 0000 is the standard way to write midnight.

How is military time pronounced?

Read the hours followed by "hundred hours": 1600 is "sixteen hundred hours" and 0800 is "zero eight hundred hours". With minutes, read them after the hours: 1630 is "sixteen thirty".