Military Time Converter

Military time is a timekeeping system based on the 24-hour clock, where the day runs from midnight (0000) to 2359. It eliminates AM/PM ambiguity and is used by the military, emergency services, aviation, and many international contexts.

For AM hours, remove the colon and add a leading zero if needed (e.g. 9:30 AM → 0930). For PM hours, remove the colon and add 12 to the hour (e.g. 2:30 PM → 1430). The special cases are 12:00 AM midnight (→ 0000) and 12:00 PM noon (→ 1200).

If the military hour is 0000–0059, subtract 12 hours to get 12-hour AM time (e.g. 0030 → 12:30 AM). For 0100–1159, it maps directly as AM. For 1200–1259 it is PM. For 1300–2359, subtract 12 from the hour to get PM time (e.g. 1830 → 6:30 PM).

Midnight is represented as 0000 (or sometimes 2400 to indicate the end of a day) in military time. When converting 12:00 AM, the result is 0000.

Noon (12:00 PM) is 1200 in military time. Because noon is already 12 hours into the day, no addition or subtraction is needed.

Written military time typically does not use a colon — times are expressed as four digits (e.g. 1430). However, the 24-hour clock used internationally often does include a colon (e.g. 14:30). Both refer to the same time.

They refer to the same concept — counting hours from 0 to 23. Military time is typically written without a colon and spoken with the word 'hundred' (e.g. '14 hundred hours'). The civilian 24-hour clock usually includes a colon and is common in Europe and on digital clocks worldwide.

Military time is spoken by reading the four digits in pairs. For example, 0930 is 'zero-nine-thirty' and 1400 is 'fourteen hundred hours'. Times with non-zero minutes like 1545 are said as 'fifteen forty-five'.