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0200 Military Time Is 2:00 AM

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0200 = 2:00 AM

Zero two hundred

0200 in military time is 2:00 AM in standard time. Going the other way, 2 AM is written 0200. You say it “zero two hundred” or “zero two hundred hours”.

How to convert 0200 to standard time

The hour 02 is under 12, so it stays the same. Drop the leading zero, keep the minutes and add AM: 2:00 AM. To go back from 2 AM, write the hour with two digits, adding a zero in front, then the minutes, with no colon.

Where you see 0200

US clocks change at 0200 local time. In March they jump straight from 0159 to 0300, so 0200 to 0259 never happens on that night.

Times near 0200

MilitaryStandardSaid as
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
02152:15 AMZero two fifteen
02302:30 AMZero two thirty
02452:45 AMZero two forty-five
03003:00 AMZero three hundred
03153:15 AMZero three fifteen
03303:30 AMZero three thirty
03453:45 AMZero three forty-five
04004:00 AMZero four hundred

0200 Zulu (UTC) in US time zones

Add a Z, as in 0200Z, and the time is Zulu: UTC, the clock that aviation and the military share worldwide. Without the Z, 0200 is just local time.

ZoneIn winter (standard)In summer (daylight)
Eastern9:00 PM EST (day before)10:00 PM EDT (day before)
Central8:00 PM CST (day before)9:00 PM CDT (day before)
Mountain7:00 PM MST (day before)8:00 PM MDT (day before)
Pacific6:00 PM PST (day before)7:00 PM PDT (day before)
Alaska5:00 PM AKST (day before)6:00 PM AKDT (day before)
Hawaii4:00 PM HST (day before)No daylight saving

Every minute from 0200 to 0259

The last two digits are minutes, and they never change when you convert. Only the hour does, so every time from 0200 to 0259 sits in the 2 AM hour.

MilitaryStandardMilitaryStandardMilitaryStandardMilitaryStandard
02002:00 AM02152:15 AM02302:30 AM02452:45 AM
02012:01 AM02162:16 AM02312:31 AM02462:46 AM
02022:02 AM02172:17 AM02322:32 AM02472:47 AM
02032:03 AM02182:18 AM02332:33 AM02482:48 AM
02042:04 AM02192:19 AM02342:34 AM02492:49 AM
02052:05 AM02202:20 AM02352:35 AM02502:50 AM
02062:06 AM02212:21 AM02362:36 AM02512:51 AM
02072:07 AM02222:22 AM02372:37 AM02522:52 AM
02082:08 AM02232:23 AM02382:38 AM02532:53 AM
02092:09 AM02242:24 AM02392:39 AM02542:54 AM
02102:10 AM02252:25 AM02402:40 AM02552:55 AM
02112:11 AM02262:26 AM02412:41 AM02562:56 AM
02122:12 AM02272:27 AM02422:42 AM02572:57 AM
02132:13 AM02282:28 AM02432:43 AM02582:58 AM
02142:14 AM02292:29 AM02442:44 AM02592:59 AM

0200 military time questions

What is 0200 in regular time?

2:00 AM: 2 hours after midnight, with 22 hours to go before the next one.

What is 2 AM in military time?

0200. Morning hours just need two digits, so a zero goes in front.

Is 0200 AM or PM?

AM. Everything before 1200 is morning, and 0200 is 2 hours into the day.

How do you say 0200?

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

What is 0200 Zulu in Eastern Time?

In winter 0200Z is 9:00 PM in New York (EST) the day before. From the March clock change it is 10:00 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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