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0000 Military Time Is 12:00 AM

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0000 = 12:00 AM

Zero hundred

0000 in military time is 12:00 AM (midnight) in standard time. Going the other way, 12 AM is written 0000. You say it “zero hundred” or “zero hundred hours”.

How to convert 0000 to standard time

The hour 00 is the midnight hour. On the 12-hour clock it is written as 12, and it counts as AM, so 0000 becomes 12:00 AM. To go back from 12 AM, write the 12 as 00 and keep the minutes.

Where you see 0000

0000 is midnight at the very start of a day. Some rosters write 2400 for midnight at the end of a day instead. A shift that ends at 2400 Monday ends at 0000 Tuesday.

Times near 0000

MilitaryStandardSaid as
220010:00 PMTwenty-two hundred
221510:15 PMTwenty-two fifteen
223010:30 PMTwenty-two thirty
224510:45 PMTwenty-two forty-five
230011:00 PMTwenty-three hundred
231511:15 PMTwenty-three fifteen
233011:30 PMTwenty-three thirty
234511:45 PMTwenty-three forty-five
000012:00 AMZero hundred
001512:15 AMZero zero fifteen
003012:30 AMZero zero thirty
004512:45 AMZero zero forty-five
01001:00 AMZero one hundred
01151:15 AMZero one fifteen
01301:30 AMZero one thirty
01451:45 AMZero one forty-five
02002:00 AMZero two hundred

0000 Zulu (UTC) in US time zones

Add a Z, as in 0000Z, and the time is Zulu: UTC, the clock that aviation and the military share worldwide. Without the Z, 0000 is just local time.

ZoneIn winter (standard)In summer (daylight)
Eastern7:00 PM EST (day before)8:00 PM EDT (day before)
Central6:00 PM CST (day before)7:00 PM CDT (day before)
Mountain5:00 PM MST (day before)6:00 PM MDT (day before)
Pacific4:00 PM PST (day before)5:00 PM PDT (day before)
Alaska3:00 PM AKST (day before)4:00 PM AKDT (day before)
Hawaii2:00 PM HST (day before)No daylight saving

Every minute from 0000 to 0059

The last two digits are minutes, and they never change when you convert. Only the hour does, so every time from 0000 to 0059 sits in the 12 AM hour.

MilitaryStandardMilitaryStandardMilitaryStandardMilitaryStandard
000012:00 AM001512:15 AM003012:30 AM004512:45 AM
000112:01 AM001612:16 AM003112:31 AM004612:46 AM
000212:02 AM001712:17 AM003212:32 AM004712:47 AM
000312:03 AM001812:18 AM003312:33 AM004812:48 AM
000412:04 AM001912:19 AM003412:34 AM004912:49 AM
000512:05 AM002012:20 AM003512:35 AM005012:50 AM
000612:06 AM002112:21 AM003612:36 AM005112:51 AM
000712:07 AM002212:22 AM003712:37 AM005212:52 AM
000812:08 AM002312:23 AM003812:38 AM005312:53 AM
000912:09 AM002412:24 AM003912:39 AM005412:54 AM
001012:10 AM002512:25 AM004012:40 AM005512:55 AM
001112:11 AM002612:26 AM004112:41 AM005612:56 AM
001212:12 AM002712:27 AM004212:42 AM005712:57 AM
001312:13 AM002812:28 AM004312:43 AM005812:58 AM
001412:14 AM002912:29 AM004412:44 AM005912:59 AM

0000 military time questions

What is 0000 in regular time?

12:00 AM, midnight itself, the very first minute of the day.

What is 12 AM in military time?

0000. The 12 AM hour becomes 00, so it reads 0000, not 1200.

Is 0000 AM or PM?

AM. Everything before 1200 is morning, and 0000 is the start of it.

How do you say 0000?

“Zero hundred”, or “zero hundred hours” on the radio. A leading 0 is said as zero rather than oh in most US services.

What is 0000 Zulu in Eastern Time?

In winter 0000Z is 7:00 PM in New York (EST) the day before. From the March clock change it is 8:00 PM EDT the day before, because the gap shrinks from 5 hours to 4.

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Page by Sohail Manzoor, Software Engineer and Full-Stack Developer. Every conversion here comes from one 24-hour formula, and automated tests run it on all 1,440 minutes of the day in both directions.

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