🕐 Military Time Converter

Convert military (24-hour) time to standard AM/PM time and back, see how to say it (“fourteen thirty hours”), and use the full 24-hour chart.

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Military (24-hour)
1430
14:30 in ISO/24-hour clock style
Standard (12-hour)
2:30 PM
afternoon
Say it: “fourteen thirty hours”

What Military Time Converter Does

This military time converter reads almost any way of writing a time — 1430, 14:30, 2:30 pm, 2.30PM, 0915 — and shows it in both systems at once, along with how it is said out loud. It works both ways from one box, so there is no need to pick a direction first.

Military time is the 24-hour clock written as four digits without a colon. The day starts at 0000, midnight, and runs to 2359. Hours before noon look almost the same as on a 12-hour clock with a leading zero added; from 1300 onward, subtract 12 to get the afternoon or evening hour.

The same clock is used in hospitals, aviation, emergency services, rail timetables and most of the world outside the U.S. for everyday times, because it removes any doubt between 8 in the morning and 8 at night.

How to Use Military Time Converter

  1. Type a time in either format — 1430, 0915, 2:30 PM or 7:05 am
  2. Read the military and standard versions side by side
  3. See how the time is said aloud
  4. Use the chart below for every hour at a glance

Formula Used by Military Time Converter

Military time to standard time

Hours 0000–0059 → 12:xx AM · 0100–1159 → same hour, AM · 1200–1259 → 12:xx PM · 1300–2359 → hour − 12, PM

Worked example

1745

  1. 17 is 13 or more, so it is PM
  2. 17 − 12 = 5
  3. Minutes stay the same: 45

Result: 1745 = 5:45 PM, said “seventeen forty-five”.

Standard time to military time

AM: write the hour with two digits (12 AM → 00) · PM: add 12 to the hour (12 PM stays 12) · then append the minutes, no colon

Worked example

9:05 PM

  1. PM, and not 12, so add 12: 9 + 12 = 21
  2. Append minutes: 21 and 05

Result: 9:05 PM = 2105, said “twenty-one zero five”.

Military Time Chart

StandardMilitaryStandardMilitary
12:00 AM (midnight)000012:00 PM (noon)1200
1:00 AM01001:00 PM1300
2:00 AM02002:00 PM1400
3:00 AM03003:00 PM1500
4:00 AM04004:00 PM1600
5:00 AM05005:00 PM1700
6:00 AM06006:00 PM1800
7:00 AM07007:00 PM1900
8:00 AM08008:00 PM2000
9:00 AM09009:00 PM2100
10:00 AM100010:00 PM2200
11:00 AM110011:00 PM2300

Source: 24-hour clock — Wikipedia

How to Read Your Result

Midnight: 0000 or 2400?

Both appear. 0000 is the first minute of a day and 2400 marks the very end of one, so “2400 on March 5” and “0000 on March 6” are the same instant. Timetables and shift schedules use 2400 to keep an event on the day it belongs to; most digital clocks never show it.

Saying it out loud

Military speech reads the time as two pairs and keeps leading zeros: 0600 is “zero six hundred”, 0730 “zero seven thirty”, 1400 “fourteen hundred”. Civilian speakers often say “oh” for zero. “Hours” is sometimes added — “fourteen hundred hours” — but is optional.

Limitations & Accuracy Notes

  • Military time zones add a letter suffix (Z for UTC, often called Zulu); the converter works with the time as written and does not change time zones.
  • Seconds, when given, are kept as extra digits (143015) but are rarely used in spoken form.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do I convert military time to standard time?
For 0100 to 1159, drop the leading zero and add AM: 0930 is 9:30 AM. 1200 to 1259 is PM as written: 1215 is 12:15 PM. From 1300 to 2359, subtract 12 from the hour and add PM: 1745 is 5:45 PM. 0000 to 0059 is the 12 AM hour: 0030 is 12:30 AM.
How do I convert standard time to military time?
For AM times, write the hour with two digits and drop the colon — 7:05 AM is 0705 — except 12 AM, which becomes 00 (12:40 AM is 0040). For PM times, add 12 to the hour — 3:20 PM is 1520 — except 12 PM, which stays 12 (12:10 PM is 1210).
Is midnight 0000 or 2400?
Both are used. 0000 marks the start of a day and 2400 its end, so a shift “ending at 2400 on the 5th” ends at the same moment as “0000 on the 6th”. Most schedules and digital clocks use 0000; 2400 appears on some rosters and timetables.
How do you say military time out loud?
Read it as two pairs of digits and say leading zeros: 0600 is “zero six hundred”, 1430 is “fourteen thirty”, and 0905 is “zero nine zero five”. Whole hours end in “hundred”; “hours” is often added. Never say “fourteen hundred thirty”.
Is military time the same as 24-hour time?
The clock is the same. Military style writes it as four digits without a colon (1430), while civilian 24-hour time used in most of the world includes one (14:30). Military usage may also add a time-zone letter, such as Z for Zulu (UTC).
Why do hospitals and airlines use military time?
Because it removes AM/PM ambiguity. A medication given at 0800 and one given at 2000 can never be confused, which is why healthcare, aviation, emergency services and the military all record times this way.

References & Further Reading

By OnlineToolHubs Team • September 2026