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1000 Military Time Is 10:00 AM

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1000 = 10:00 AM

Ten hundred

1000 in military time is 10:00 AM in standard time. Going the other way, 10 AM is written 1000. You say it “ten hundred” or “ten hundred hours”.

How to convert 1000 to standard time

The hour 10 is under 12, so it stays the same. keep the minutes and add AM: 10:00 AM. To go back from 10 AM, write the hour with two digits, then the minutes, with no colon.

Where you see 1000

1000 UTC is 6 AM Eastern Daylight Time and 3 AM on the US West Coast. A 1000Z call is easy for Europe and very early for California.

Times near 1000

MilitaryStandardSaid as
08008:00 AMZero eight hundred
08158:15 AMZero eight fifteen
08308:30 AMZero eight thirty
08458:45 AMZero eight forty-five
09009:00 AMZero nine hundred
09159:15 AMZero nine fifteen
09309:30 AMZero nine thirty
09459:45 AMZero nine forty-five
100010:00 AMTen hundred
101510:15 AMTen fifteen
103010:30 AMTen thirty
104510:45 AMTen forty-five
110011:00 AMEleven hundred
111511:15 AMEleven fifteen
113011:30 AMEleven thirty
114511:45 AMEleven forty-five
120012:00 PMTwelve hundred

1000 Zulu (UTC) in US time zones

Add a Z, as in 1000Z, and the time is Zulu: UTC, the clock that aviation and the military share worldwide. Without the Z, 1000 is just local time.

ZoneIn winter (standard)In summer (daylight)
Eastern5:00 AM EST6:00 AM EDT
Central4:00 AM CST5:00 AM CDT
Mountain3:00 AM MST4:00 AM MDT
Pacific2:00 AM PST3:00 AM PDT
Alaska1:00 AM AKST2:00 AM AKDT
Hawaii12:00 AM HSTNo daylight saving

Every minute from 1000 to 1059

The last two digits are minutes, and they never change when you convert. Only the hour does, so every time from 1000 to 1059 sits in the 10 AM hour.

MilitaryStandardMilitaryStandardMilitaryStandardMilitaryStandard
100010:00 AM101510:15 AM103010:30 AM104510:45 AM
100110:01 AM101610:16 AM103110:31 AM104610:46 AM
100210:02 AM101710:17 AM103210:32 AM104710:47 AM
100310:03 AM101810:18 AM103310:33 AM104810:48 AM
100410:04 AM101910:19 AM103410:34 AM104910:49 AM
100510:05 AM102010:20 AM103510:35 AM105010:50 AM
100610:06 AM102110:21 AM103610:36 AM105110:51 AM
100710:07 AM102210:22 AM103710:37 AM105210:52 AM
100810:08 AM102310:23 AM103810:38 AM105310:53 AM
100910:09 AM102410:24 AM103910:39 AM105410:54 AM
101010:10 AM102510:25 AM104010:40 AM105510:55 AM
101110:11 AM102610:26 AM104110:41 AM105610:56 AM
101210:12 AM102710:27 AM104210:42 AM105710:57 AM
101310:13 AM102810:28 AM104310:43 AM105810:58 AM
101410:14 AM102910:29 AM104410:44 AM105910:59 AM

1000 military time questions

What is 1000 in regular time?

10:00 AM: 10 hours after midnight, with 14 hours to go before the next one.

What is 10 AM in military time?

1000. Morning hours just need two digits.

Is 1000 AM or PM?

AM. Everything before 1200 is morning, and 1000 is 10 hours into the day.

How do you say 1000?

“Ten hundred”, or “ten hundred hours” on the radio. Never “one thousand” anything: the digits go in pairs.

What is 1000 Zulu in Eastern Time?

In winter 1000Z is 5:00 AM in New York (EST). From the March clock change it is 6:00 AM EDT, 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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