Military Time Converter
Convert military time to standard time and back instantly, with a full 24-hour conversion chart.
Military time to standard time
Standard time to military time
Military time chart (24-hour)
Full military time conversion table (00:00 to 23:00)
Every hour of the 24-hour clock with its colon form, its 12-hour AM/PM equivalent and how it is spoken aloud.
| Military | 24-hour | Standard time | Spoken as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0000 | 00:00 | 12:00 AM | zero hundred hours |
| 0100 | 01:00 | 1:00 AM | zero one hundred hours |
| 0200 | 02:00 | 2:00 AM | zero two hundred hours |
| 0300 | 03:00 | 3:00 AM | zero three hundred hours |
| 0400 | 04:00 | 4:00 AM | zero four hundred hours |
| 0500 | 05:00 | 5:00 AM | zero five hundred hours |
| 0600 | 06:00 | 6:00 AM | zero six hundred hours |
| 0700 | 07:00 | 7:00 AM | zero seven hundred hours |
| 0800 | 08:00 | 8:00 AM | zero eight hundred hours |
| 0900 | 09:00 | 9:00 AM | zero nine hundred hours |
| 1000 | 10:00 | 10:00 AM | ten hundred hours |
| 1100 | 11:00 | 11:00 AM | eleven hundred hours |
| 1200 | 12:00 | 12:00 PM | twelve hundred hours |
| 1300 | 13:00 | 1:00 PM | thirteen hundred hours |
| 1400 | 14:00 | 2:00 PM | fourteen hundred hours |
| 1500 | 15:00 | 3:00 PM | fifteen hundred hours |
| 1600 | 16:00 | 4:00 PM | sixteen hundred hours |
| 1700 | 17:00 | 5:00 PM | seventeen hundred hours |
| 1800 | 18:00 | 6:00 PM | eighteen hundred hours |
| 1900 | 19:00 | 7:00 PM | nineteen hundred hours |
| 2000 | 20:00 | 8:00 PM | twenty hundred hours |
| 2100 | 21:00 | 9:00 PM | twenty-one hundred hours |
| 2200 | 22:00 | 10:00 PM | twenty-two hundred hours |
| 2300 | 23:00 | 11:00 PM | twenty-three hundred hours |
Quarter-hour conversions (15, 30 and 45 minutes past)
Times such as 2015, 1630 and 1745 come up constantly in schedules — here they are for every hour.
This military time converter turns 24-hour time into ordinary 12-hour AM/PM time and back again. Type a military time such as 1430 on the left and you immediately get 2:30 PM; enter a standard time on the right and you get 1430 plus how it is spoken aloud.
Military time is written as four digits with no colon: the first two are the hour from 00 to 23, the last two are the minutes. Midnight is 0000, noon is 1200, and anything after noon is the 12-hour value plus twelve — so 5 PM becomes 1700. The quick mental trick for reading military time is to subtract 12 from any hour above 12: 1900 minus 12 gives 7 PM. Going the other way, add 12 to any PM hour.
Spoken aloud, 0800 is "zero eight hundred hours" and 1430 is "fourteen thirty hours". The system is used by the US military, aviation, hospitals, emergency services and most of the world outside the US precisely because it removes AM/PM ambiguity — 12:00 AM versus 12:00 PM is a genuine source of error that 0000 and 1200 simply don't have. Use the chart below as a quick reference.
Common military time conversions people search for
These are the exact conversions asked for most often. Each one follows the same rule: subtract 12 from any hour above 12 to get the PM time, and add 12 to any PM hour to go the other way.
- 1300 military time is 1:00 PM, spoken "thirteen hundred hours".
- 1400 military time is 2:00 PM, and 1440 is 2:40 PM.
- 5 PM in military time is 1700 — seventeen hundred hours.
- 2000 hours is 8:00 PM, and 2015 is 8:15 PM.
- 4:40 PM in military time is 1640, spoken "sixteen forty".
- Midnight is 0000 and noon is 1200 — the two cases 12:00 AM and 12:00 PM most often get wrong.
Military time shift hours calculator
Enter a shift start and end in military time to get the total hours worked.
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Military time work shifts (start, end and hours)
Shift schedules are usually written in military time. Here are the most common shifts converted to standard time, with the total length before any unpaid break.
- 0600 to 1400 = 6:00 AM to 2:00 PM (8 hours)
- 0600-1430 = 6:00 AM to 2:30 PM (8.5 hours)
- 0700 to 1530 = 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM (8.5 hours)
- 0700 to 1900 = 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM (12 hours)
- 0800 to 1630 = 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM (8.5 hours)
- 1400 to 2200 = 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM (8 hours)
- 1900 to 0700 = 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM (12-hour night shift)
- 2200 to 0600 = 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM (8-hour night shift)
Early-morning times keep their leading zero: 0045 is 12:45 AM, 0100 is 1:00 AM, 0200 hours is 2:00 AM and 0630 is 6:30 AM.
How to read and say military time
A military time is always four digits with no colon and no AM or PM: the first two are the hour from 00 to 23, the last two the minutes. Whole hours are spoken as "hundred" — 0800 is "zero eight hundred hours". Times with minutes are read as two numbers — 1430 is "fourteen thirty".
The system removes AM/PM ambiguity entirely, which is why aviation, hospitals, emergency services, logistics and most of the world outside the US schedule with it. Use the 24-hour chart above for whole hours, and the converter for any minute value.