Military Time

Military Time

Military time uses a 24-hour clock instead of the familiar 12 hour AM/PM civilian clock.

Military time is similar to civilian time during the morning hours (Midnight to Noon). After Noon, military time continues to increment the hour digit, whereas civilian time starts over.

To convert military time after Noon to civilian time, subtract 12. For example, 1800 hours becomes 6:00pm.

To convert civilian time after Noon to military time, add 12. For example, 5:00pm becomes 1700 hours.

Military time is also pronounced differently than civilian time. 9:00am in civilian time is 0900 in military time, and it is pronounced oh-nine-hundred. A military person would refer to 7:00pm civilian time as nineteen hundred hours in military time.

Military Time Chart

This chart can help you to convert between civilian time and military time:

Civilian TimeMilitary Time
1:00am0100
2:00am0200
3:00am0300
4:00am0400
5:00am0500
6:00am0600
7:00am0700
8:00am0800
9:00am0900
10:00am1000
11:00am1100
Noon1200
1:00pm1300
2:00pm1400
3:00pm1500
4:00pm1600
5:00pm1700
6:00pm1800
7:00pm1900
8:00pm2000
9:00pm2100
10:00pm2200
11:00pm2300
Midnight2400

Military Time Zones

The military also utilizes the military alphabet to designate military time zones.

When a military person says "Zulu Time", they are referring to the time in Greenwich England, or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

If you are in Denver and you have a a meeting at "seventeen hundred hours zulu time", you had better be at your meeting at "ten hundred hours" local time!

LetterPhoneticCityGMT Offset
AAlphaParisGMT +1
BBravoAthensGMT +2
CCharlieMoscowGMT +3
DDeltaKabulGMT +4
EEchoNew DelhiGMT +5
FFoxtrotRangoonGMT +6
GGolfBangkokGMT +7
HHotelBeijingGMT +8
IIndiaTokyoGMT +9
KKiloBrisbaneGMT +10
LLimaSydneyGMT +11
MMikeKamchatkaGMT +12
NNovemberAzoresGMT -1
OOscarRio De JanieroGMT -2
PPapaBuenos AiresGMT -3
QQuebecHalifaxGMT -4
RRomeNew YorkGMT -5
SSierraChicagoGMT -6
TTangoDenverGMT -7
UUniformSan FranciscoGMT -8
VVictorAnchorageGMT -9
WWhiskeyHawaiiGMT -10
XXrayWellingtonGMT -11
YYankeeFijiGMT -12
ZZuluGreenwichGMT
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