How do I convert military time to standard time?

If the military time is 1300 or later, subtract 12 from the hour and add PM: 1430 − 12 = 2:30 PM. Times from 0100 to 1159 are the same number with AM (0930 = 9:30 AM), 1200 to 1259 is the noon hour PM, and 0000 to 0059 is the midnight hour — 0030 is 12:30 AM.

Is midnight 0000 or 2400 in military time?

Both refer to the same moment, but 0000 starts a new day while 2400 ends the previous one. Schedules and log entries almost always use 0000 (or 2359 for end of day) to avoid ambiguity; 2400 appears mainly in phrases like "open until 2400". The US military standard is 0000 for the start of a day.

How do you say military time out loud?

On-the-hour times use "hundred": 1400 is "fourteen hundred hours" and 0900 is "zero nine hundred hours". With minutes you read the pairs: 1430 is "fourteen thirty", 0905 is "zero nine zero five". Leading zeros are spoken as "zero" (or "oh" informally), and "hours" is often added at the end.

Is military time the same as 24-hour time?

Almost. Both count hours 0 to 23, but military time is written without a colon and always with four digits (1430), while civilian 24-hour time usually keeps the colon (14:30). The conversion math is identical, so this converter works for both.

Why do the military, hospitals and airlines use 24-hour time?

Because it removes AM/PM ambiguity. A medication ordered at "8:00" could be morning or evening; written as 0800 or 2000 there is only one reading. In operations that run around the clock — military missions, patient charts, flight plans, train schedules — a misread AM/PM can be a serious error, so the 24-hour clock is standard.

Military Time Converter

Name: Military Time Converter
Author: Miikka

Convert military time (24-hour clock) to standard AM/PM time and back. Type a time like 1430 or pick the hour and minute — the result appears instantly, with the correct way to say it out loud. The full 24-hour chart below covers every hour from 0000 to 2300.

By Miikka · CalcBrew · Updated Oct 14, 2026

Military time (e.g. 1430, 14:30 or 900)

1430 military time is

2:30 PM

Spoken: “fourteen thirty hours”

📌 Military time always uses four digits and no colon: 9:00 AM is written 0900, not 900 or 9:00. Midnight is 0000 at the start of a day; 2400 is only used to mark the end of a day (for example “open until 2400”) and refers to the same moment as 0000 of the next day.

Military time chart — all 24 hours

Every hour of the day in military time, standard time and spoken form. Click any military time for a dedicated page with nearby times and conversion details.

Military time	Standard time	Spoken as
0000	12:00 AM (midnight)	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 (noon)	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

How military time works

Military time runs from 0000 to 2359: the day starts at 0000 (midnight), the hours count straight up through 1200 (noon) and keep going — 1300 for 1:00 PM, 1800 for 6:00 PM, 2300 for 11:00 PM. To convert to standard time, any hour of 1300 or more loses 12 and becomes PM; hours below 1200 keep their number and become AM. Times are written as four digits with no colon, so 7:05 AM is 0705, and minutes convert unchanged — 1445 is 2:45 PM.

The only tricky spot is midnight. The start of a day is 0000, and the first hour of the day runs 0000–0059 (12:30 AM is 0030). The notation 2400 exists too, but only as the end of a day: 2400 on Tuesday and 0000 on Wednesday are the same instant. Timetables prefer 0000 or 2359 so a time never points at two different days.

Convert military time to standard time in three steps

Split the four digits into hours and minutes: 1730 is 17 hours and 30 minutes. The minutes never change.
Fix the hour. 13 through 23: subtract 12 and write PM (17 − 12 = 5, so 5:30 PM). 12: keep it and write PM. 00: write 12 and AM. 01 through 11: keep the number and write AM.
Put the colon back and drop a leading zero: 0905 becomes 9:05 AM, 2145 becomes 9:45 PM, 0015 becomes 12:15 AM.

Standard to military works in reverse: for PM times other than 12 add 12 to the hour (4:20 PM is 1620), write 12 AM as 00 (12:40 AM is 0040), keep 12 PM as 12, then remove the colon and pad to four digits (7:05 AM is 0705). Say it as two pairs of digits, with “hundred” for a whole hour: 0700 is “oh seven hundred”, 1530 is “fifteen thirty”.

Standard	Military	Rule applied
12:00 AM (midnight)	0000	12 AM becomes 00
12:30 AM	0030	first hour of the day is 00
6:45 AM	0645	AM hour under 10 gets a leading zero
12:00 PM (noon)	1200	12 PM stays 12
1:15 PM	1315	PM hour + 12
6:30 PM	1830	PM hour + 12
11:59 PM	2359	last minute of the day

Who uses it — and related tools

The 24-hour clock is standard wherever an AM/PM mix-up is costly: the armed forces, hospitals and nursing (medication charts), aviation and rail, emergency dispatch, and most of the world outside the US in everyday life. If you are coordinating across regions, the time zone converter converts a time between cities, and the time calculator adds and subtracts hours and minutes — handy for shift lengths and flight times.

Frequently asked questions

Cite this calculator

APACalcBrew. (2026). Military Time Converter. https://calcbrew.com/military-time-converter

MLA“Military Time Converter.” CalcBrew, 2026, calcbrew.com/military-time-converter.

Link to https://calcbrew.com/military-time-converter. Results are estimates; cite the underlying formula or data source for academic work.

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