How to tell military time chart

military time chart: How To Read and Convert 24-Hour Time

Military time, or 24-hour time, is used by the U.S. military, government agencies and many civilian industries worldwide to convey an unambiguous time of day. While the traditional 12-hour clock is parsed into two 12-hour cycles that begin at 12:00 a.m. (midnight) and end at 11:59 p.m., the military clock instead divides the day into three eight-hour cycles that begin at 1200 (12 p.m.) and conclude at 2359 (11:59 p.m.). Understanding this format makes it easier to communicate times accurately without ambiguity standouts such as "in the morning versus at night" or "a.m versus p.m..

Military time follows a unique pattern of hours from 0 – 23, which correspond to standard 12 hour intervals from 1am -12am (midnight). For example, 1 pm in military time would be written 1300 hrs or 13 :00 hrs and 8 pm in civilian time would be written as 2000 hrs or 20:00 hrs in military time. Each hour is divided into sixty minutes increments with the basic structure of 2130 hrs being said as - twenty one thirty hours - which is 9:30 pm in standard 12-hour clock format.

A quick guide to reading Military Time Chart is listed below

0000 hrs =12 am

0100 hrs =1 am

0200 hrs =2 am etc until…

1200 hrs =12pm

1300 hrs =1pm etc until …

2359hrs =11:59 pm

To convert standard hours into Military Time notation simply subtract 12 from any hour after Noon (12 pm) for example 1pm would be 1300hrs , 2pm 1400hrs , 3pm 1500hrs etc until … 11pm would be 2300hrs . Midnight is represented as 0000hrs . To convert Military Time notation back to Standard Time add 12 to any hour before Noon , so 1300hrs would be 1pm , 1400hrs 2pm , 1500hrs 3pm etc until….2300hres will unction as 11pm .

In order to successfully read and use Military Time it can be helpful to use a chart similar to one shown below :

Civilian Military Civilian Military Civilian Military

0001 0100 0901 0900 1701 1700

0030 0030 0930 0930 1730 1730

0100 0100 1000 1000 1800 1800

0130 0130 1030 1030 1830 1830

0200 0200 1100 1100 1900 1900

02 30 02 30 11 30 11 30 1930 1930

0300 0300 1200 1200 2000 2000

03 30 03 30 12 30 12 30 2030 2030

0400 0400 1300 1300 2100 2100