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1600 Military Time Is 4:00 PM

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1600 = 4:00 PM

Sixteen hundred

1600 in military time is 4:00 PM in standard time. Going the other way, 4 PM is written 1600. You say it “sixteen hundred” or “sixteen hundred hours”.

How to convert 1600 to standard time

The hour 16 is more than 12, so take 12 away. 16 minus 12 is 4. Keep the minutes and add PM, and you get 4:00 PM. To go back from 4 PM, add 12 to the hour. 4 plus 12 is 16, which gives 1600.

Where you see 1600

The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq close at 1600 Eastern Time on a normal trading day, so prices quoted as the close are from that moment.

Times near 1600

MilitaryStandardSaid as
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
17155:15 PMSeventeen fifteen
17305:30 PMSeventeen thirty
17455:45 PMSeventeen forty-five
18006:00 PMEighteen hundred

1600 Zulu (UTC) in US time zones

Add a Z, as in 1600Z, and the time is Zulu: UTC, the clock that aviation and the military share worldwide. Without the Z, 1600 is just local time.

ZoneIn winter (standard)In summer (daylight)
Eastern11:00 AM EST12:00 PM EDT
Central10:00 AM CST11:00 AM CDT
Mountain9:00 AM MST10:00 AM MDT
Pacific8:00 AM PST9:00 AM PDT
Alaska7:00 AM AKST8:00 AM AKDT
Hawaii6:00 AM HSTNo daylight saving

Every minute from 1600 to 1659

The last two digits are minutes, and they never change when you convert. Only the hour does, so every time from 1600 to 1659 sits in the 4 PM hour.

MilitaryStandardMilitaryStandardMilitaryStandardMilitaryStandard
16004:00 PM16154:15 PM16304:30 PM16454:45 PM
16014:01 PM16164:16 PM16314:31 PM16464:46 PM
16024:02 PM16174:17 PM16324:32 PM16474:47 PM
16034:03 PM16184:18 PM16334:33 PM16484:48 PM
16044:04 PM16194:19 PM16344:34 PM16494:49 PM
16054:05 PM16204:20 PM16354:35 PM16504:50 PM
16064:06 PM16214:21 PM16364:36 PM16514:51 PM
16074:07 PM16224:22 PM16374:37 PM16524:52 PM
16084:08 PM16234:23 PM16384:38 PM16534:53 PM
16094:09 PM16244:24 PM16394:39 PM16544:54 PM
16104:10 PM16254:25 PM16404:40 PM16554:55 PM
16114:11 PM16264:26 PM16414:41 PM16564:56 PM
16124:12 PM16274:27 PM16424:42 PM16574:57 PM
16134:13 PM16284:28 PM16434:43 PM16584:58 PM
16144:14 PM16294:29 PM16444:44 PM16594:59 PM

1600 military time questions

What is 1600 in regular time?

4:00 PM: 16 hours after midnight, with 8 hours to go before the next one.

What is 4 PM in military time?

1600. For any PM hour from 1 to 11, add 12: 4 + 12 = 16, then tack on the minutes.

Is 1600 AM or PM?

PM. The switch comes at 1200, and 1600 is 4 hours past it.

How do you say 1600?

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

What is 1600 Zulu in Eastern Time?

In winter 1600Z is 11:00 AM in New York (EST). From the March clock change it is 12:00 PM 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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