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1500 Military Time Is 3:00 PM

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1500 = 3:00 PM

Fifteen hundred

1500 in military time is 3:00 PM in standard time. Going the other way, 3 PM is written 1500. You say it “fifteen hundred” or “fifteen hundred hours”.

How to convert 1500 to standard time

The hour 15 is more than 12, so take 12 away. 15 minus 12 is 3. Keep the minutes and add PM, and you get 3:00 PM. To go back from 3 PM, add 12 to the hour. 3 plus 12 is 15, which gives 1500.

Where you see 1500

Many hotels set check-in at 1500 and check-out at 1100. On a booking printed in 24-hour time, 15:00 is the same 3 PM.

Times near 1500

MilitaryStandardSaid as
13001:00 PMThirteen hundred
13151:15 PMThirteen fifteen
13301:30 PMThirteen thirty
13451:45 PMThirteen forty-five
14002:00 PMFourteen hundred
14152:15 PMFourteen fifteen
14302:30 PMFourteen thirty
14452:45 PMFourteen forty-five
15003:00 PMFifteen hundred
15153:15 PMFifteen fifteen
15303:30 PMFifteen thirty
15453:45 PMFifteen forty-five
16004:00 PMSixteen hundred
16154:15 PMSixteen fifteen
16304:30 PMSixteen thirty
16454:45 PMSixteen forty-five
17005:00 PMSeventeen hundred

1500 Zulu (UTC) in US time zones

Add a Z, as in 1500Z, and the time is Zulu: UTC, the clock that aviation and the military share worldwide. Without the Z, 1500 is just local time.

ZoneIn winter (standard)In summer (daylight)
Eastern10:00 AM EST11:00 AM EDT
Central9:00 AM CST10:00 AM CDT
Mountain8:00 AM MST9:00 AM MDT
Pacific7:00 AM PST8:00 AM PDT
Alaska6:00 AM AKST7:00 AM AKDT
Hawaii5:00 AM HSTNo daylight saving

Every minute from 1500 to 1559

The last two digits are minutes, and they never change when you convert. Only the hour does, so every time from 1500 to 1559 sits in the 3 PM hour.

MilitaryStandardMilitaryStandardMilitaryStandardMilitaryStandard
15003:00 PM15153:15 PM15303:30 PM15453:45 PM
15013:01 PM15163:16 PM15313:31 PM15463:46 PM
15023:02 PM15173:17 PM15323:32 PM15473:47 PM
15033:03 PM15183:18 PM15333:33 PM15483:48 PM
15043:04 PM15193:19 PM15343:34 PM15493:49 PM
15053:05 PM15203:20 PM15353:35 PM15503:50 PM
15063:06 PM15213:21 PM15363:36 PM15513:51 PM
15073:07 PM15223:22 PM15373:37 PM15523:52 PM
15083:08 PM15233:23 PM15383:38 PM15533:53 PM
15093:09 PM15243:24 PM15393:39 PM15543:54 PM
15103:10 PM15253:25 PM15403:40 PM15553:55 PM
15113:11 PM15263:26 PM15413:41 PM15563:56 PM
15123:12 PM15273:27 PM15423:42 PM15573:57 PM
15133:13 PM15283:28 PM15433:43 PM15583:58 PM
15143:14 PM15293:29 PM15443:44 PM15593:59 PM

1500 military time questions

What is 1500 in regular time?

3:00 PM: 15 hours after midnight, with 9 hours to go before the next one.

What is 3 PM in military time?

1500. For any PM hour from 1 to 11, add 12: 3 + 12 = 15, then tack on the minutes.

Is 1500 AM or PM?

PM. The switch comes at 1200, and 1500 is 3 hours past it.

How do you say 1500?

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

What is 1500 Zulu in Eastern Time?

In winter 1500Z is 10:00 AM in New York (EST). From the March clock change it is 11:00 AM EDT, because the gap shrinks from 5 hours to 4.

Related pages

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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