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What is military time now?
Convert 24-hour military time to standard AM/PM and back, with a full reference chart.
Right now (military · standard)
0759 · 7:59 AM
Uses your device's local time
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Military time chart
| Military | 24-hour | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 0000 | 00:00 | 12:00 AM |
| 0100 | 01:00 | 1:00 AM |
| 0200 | 02:00 | 2:00 AM |
| 0300 | 03:00 | 3:00 AM |
| 0400 | 04:00 | 4:00 AM |
| 0500 | 05:00 | 5:00 AM |
| 0600 | 06:00 | 6:00 AM |
| 0700 | 07:00 | 7:00 AM |
| 0800 | 08:00 | 8:00 AM |
| 0900 | 09:00 | 9:00 AM |
| 1000 | 10:00 | 10:00 AM |
| 1100 | 11:00 | 11:00 AM |
| 1200 | 12:00 | 12:00 PM |
| 1300 | 13:00 | 1:00 PM |
| 1400 | 14:00 | 2:00 PM |
| 1500 | 15:00 | 3:00 PM |
| 1600 | 16:00 | 4:00 PM |
| 1700 | 17:00 | 5:00 PM |
| 1800 | 18:00 | 6:00 PM |
| 1900 | 19:00 | 7:00 PM |
| 2000 | 20:00 | 8:00 PM |
| 2100 | 21:00 | 9:00 PM |
| 2200 | 22:00 | 10:00 PM |
| 2300 | 23:00 | 11:00 PM |
Reading the 24-hour clock
The 24-hour clock counts the hours of the day from 0 to 23, so there is exactly one time for every moment and no AM/PM to get wrong. The morning hours match the 12-hour clock with a leading zero — 0700 is 7 AM — while afternoon and evening add 12 to the hour, so 1500 is 3 PM. The only two values worth memorising are the boundaries: 0000 is midnight and 1200 is noon. It is the international standard (ISO 8601 uses it) and the norm in aviation, healthcare and the armed forces because a misread AM/PM can be dangerous. For the seconds-accurate current time, see UTC time now.
Frequently asked questions
- What is military time?
- Military time is a 24-hour clock. Instead of restarting at 1 after noon, the hours keep counting: 1 PM is 1300 ("thirteen hundred"), 6 PM is 1800, and midnight is 0000. It removes the AM/PM ambiguity, which is why the military, aviation, medicine and most of the world outside the US use it.
- How do I convert PM times to military time?
- For any afternoon or evening time, add 12 to the hour: 1 PM + 12 = 1300, 5 PM + 12 = 1700, 11 PM + 12 = 2300. Noon stays 1200. Morning hours keep their number with a leading zero — 9 AM is 0900.
- What is midnight in military time — 0000 or 2400?
- Midnight at the start of a day is written 0000 ("zero hundred"). Some schedules use 2400 to mark the end of a day, but 0000 is the standard start-of-day value and what this converter uses.
- How is military time spoken aloud?
- Read the four digits in pairs: 0900 is "zero nine hundred", 1300 is "thirteen hundred", and 1345 is "thirteen forty-five". On-the-hour times end in "hundred"; times with minutes are read as the two numbers.