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1200 Military Time Is 12:00 PM

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1200 = 12:00 PM

Twelve hundred

1200 in military time is 12:00 PM (noon) in standard time. Going the other way, 12 PM is written 1200. You say it “twelve hundred” or “twelve hundred hours”.

How to convert 1200 to standard time

Noon hour, so leave the 12 alone: 1200 reads 12:00 PM straight off. Only the hours from 13 to 23 lose 12. To go back, write 12 and the minutes, with no colon. Nothing is added for the noon hour.

Where you see 1200

1200 is noon. It is never written 2400, and it is not midnight. Some people say 12 PM is unclear, so schedules often print 1200 or just noon.

Times near 1200

MilitaryStandardSaid as
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
121512:15 PMTwelve fifteen
123012:30 PMTwelve thirty
124512:45 PMTwelve forty-five
13001:00 PMThirteen hundred
13151:15 PMThirteen fifteen
13301:30 PMThirteen thirty
13451:45 PMThirteen forty-five
14002:00 PMFourteen hundred

1200 Zulu (UTC) in US time zones

Add a Z, as in 1200Z, and the time is Zulu: UTC, the clock that aviation and the military share worldwide. Without the Z, 1200 is just local time.

ZoneIn winter (standard)In summer (daylight)
Eastern7:00 AM EST8:00 AM EDT
Central6:00 AM CST7:00 AM CDT
Mountain5:00 AM MST6:00 AM MDT
Pacific4:00 AM PST5:00 AM PDT
Alaska3:00 AM AKST4:00 AM AKDT
Hawaii2:00 AM HSTNo daylight saving

Every minute from 1200 to 1259

The last two digits are minutes, and they never change when you convert. Only the hour does, so every time from 1200 to 1259 sits in the 12 PM hour.

MilitaryStandardMilitaryStandardMilitaryStandardMilitaryStandard
120012:00 PM121512:15 PM123012:30 PM124512:45 PM
120112:01 PM121612:16 PM123112:31 PM124612:46 PM
120212:02 PM121712:17 PM123212:32 PM124712:47 PM
120312:03 PM121812:18 PM123312:33 PM124812:48 PM
120412:04 PM121912:19 PM123412:34 PM124912:49 PM
120512:05 PM122012:20 PM123512:35 PM125012:50 PM
120612:06 PM122112:21 PM123612:36 PM125112:51 PM
120712:07 PM122212:22 PM123712:37 PM125212:52 PM
120812:08 PM122312:23 PM123812:38 PM125312:53 PM
120912:09 PM122412:24 PM123912:39 PM125412:54 PM
121012:10 PM122512:25 PM124012:40 PM125512:55 PM
121112:11 PM122612:26 PM124112:41 PM125612:56 PM
121212:12 PM122712:27 PM124212:42 PM125712:57 PM
121312:13 PM122812:28 PM124312:43 PM125812:58 PM
121412:14 PM122912:29 PM124412:44 PM125912:59 PM

1200 military time questions

What is 1200 in regular time?

12:00 PM, noon: 12 hours after midnight, with 12 hours to go before the next one.

What is 12 PM in military time?

1200. The noon hour is the exception and gets nothing added.

Is 1200 AM or PM?

PM. Noon is the moment PM begins, so 1200 is 12:00 PM.

How do you say 1200?

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

What is 1200 Zulu in Eastern Time?

In winter 1200Z is 7:00 AM in New York (EST). From the March clock change it is 8:00 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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