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Military Time Converter

Convert military (24-hour) time to standard AM and PM time, and back. Full chart below.

1700 = 5:00 PM · "seventeen hundred hours"

Military time chart

MilitaryStandardSpoken
000012:00 AMzero hundred hours
003012:30 AMzero zero thirty hours
01001:00 AMzero one hundred hours
01301:30 AMzero one thirty hours
02002:00 AMzero two hundred hours
02302:30 AMzero two thirty hours
03003:00 AMzero three hundred hours
03303:30 AMzero three thirty hours
04004:00 AMzero four hundred hours
04304:30 AMzero four thirty hours
05005:00 AMzero five hundred hours
05305:30 AMzero five thirty hours
06006:00 AMzero six hundred hours
06306:30 AMzero six thirty hours
07007:00 AMzero seven hundred hours
07307:30 AMzero seven thirty hours
08008:00 AMzero eight hundred hours
08308:30 AMzero eight thirty hours
09009:00 AMzero nine hundred hours
09309:30 AMzero nine thirty hours
100010:00 AMten hundred hours
103010:30 AMten thirty hours
110011:00 AMeleven hundred hours
113011:30 AMeleven thirty hours
120012:00 PMtwelve hundred hours
123012:30 PMtwelve thirty hours
13001:00 PMthirteen hundred hours
13301:30 PMthirteen thirty hours
14002:00 PMfourteen hundred hours
14302:30 PMfourteen thirty hours
15003:00 PMfifteen hundred hours
15303:30 PMfifteen thirty hours
16004:00 PMsixteen hundred hours
16304:30 PMsixteen thirty hours
17005:00 PMseventeen hundred hours
17305:30 PMseventeen thirty hours
18006:00 PMeighteen hundred hours
18306:30 PMeighteen thirty hours
19007:00 PMnineteen hundred hours
19307:30 PMnineteen thirty hours
20008:00 PMtwenty hundred hours
20308:30 PMtwenty thirty hours
21009:00 PMtwenty-one hundred hours
21309:30 PMtwenty-one thirty hours
220010:00 PMtwenty-two hundred hours
223010:30 PMtwenty-two thirty hours
230011:00 PMtwenty-three hundred hours
233011:30 PMtwenty-three thirty hours

Questions

How do I read military time?

Hours run from 00 to 23. Up to 1159, it is the same as AM time. From 1300 on, subtract 12 to get the PM hour: 1700 is 5:00 PM.

What is midnight in military time?

Midnight is 0000 at the start of a day. Some people write 2400 for midnight at the end of a day.

Is military time the same as 24-hour time?

Almost. Military time is written without a colon (1700) and spoken as hundreds ("seventeen hundred hours"), while 24-hour time is usually written 17:00.