1700 Military Time Is 5:00 PM

By Sohail Manzoor · Updated Oct 19, 2026

1700 = 5:00 PM

Seventeen hundred

1700 in military time is 5:00 PM in standard time. Going the other way, 5 PM is written 1700. You say it “seventeen hundred” or “seventeen hundred hours”.

How to convert 1700 to standard time

The hour 17 is more than 12, so take 12 away. 17 minus 12 is 5. Keep the minutes and add PM, and you get 5:00 PM. To go back from 5 PM, add 12 to the hour. 5 plus 12 is 17, which gives 1700.

Where you see 1700

1700 is the end of the classic 9-to-5 office day. On many US military bases, the flag comes down at the evening Retreat ceremony around this time, though each base sets its own schedule.

Times near 1700

Military	Standard	Said as
1500	3:00 PM	Fifteen hundred
1515	3:15 PM	Fifteen fifteen
1530	3:30 PM	Fifteen thirty
1545	3:45 PM	Fifteen forty-five
1600	4:00 PM	Sixteen hundred
1615	4:15 PM	Sixteen fifteen
1630	4:30 PM	Sixteen thirty
1645	4:45 PM	Sixteen forty-five
1700	5:00 PM	Seventeen hundred
1715	5:15 PM	Seventeen fifteen
1730	5:30 PM	Seventeen thirty
1745	5:45 PM	Seventeen forty-five
1800	6:00 PM	Eighteen hundred
1815	6:15 PM	Eighteen fifteen
1830	6:30 PM	Eighteen thirty
1845	6:45 PM	Eighteen forty-five
1900	7:00 PM	Nineteen hundred

1700 Zulu (UTC) in US time zones

Add a Z, as in 1700Z, and the time is Zulu: UTC, the clock that aviation and the military share worldwide. Without the Z, 1700 is just local time.

Zone	In winter (standard)	In summer (daylight)
Eastern	12:00 PM EST	1:00 PM EDT
Central	11:00 AM CST	12:00 PM CDT
Mountain	10:00 AM MST	11:00 AM MDT
Pacific	9:00 AM PST	10:00 AM PDT
Alaska	8:00 AM AKST	9:00 AM AKDT
Hawaii	7:00 AM HST	No daylight saving

Every minute from 1700 to 1759

The last two digits are minutes, and they never change when you convert. Only the hour does, so every time from 1700 to 1759 sits in the 5 PM hour.

Military	Standard	Military	Standard	Military	Standard	Military	Standard
1700	5:00 PM	1715	5:15 PM	1730	5:30 PM	1745	5:45 PM
1701	5:01 PM	1716	5:16 PM	1731	5:31 PM	1746	5:46 PM
1702	5:02 PM	1717	5:17 PM	1732	5:32 PM	1747	5:47 PM
1703	5:03 PM	1718	5:18 PM	1733	5:33 PM	1748	5:48 PM
1704	5:04 PM	1719	5:19 PM	1734	5:34 PM	1749	5:49 PM
1705	5:05 PM	1720	5:20 PM	1735	5:35 PM	1750	5:50 PM
1706	5:06 PM	1721	5:21 PM	1736	5:36 PM	1751	5:51 PM
1707	5:07 PM	1722	5:22 PM	1737	5:37 PM	1752	5:52 PM
1708	5:08 PM	1723	5:23 PM	1738	5:38 PM	1753	5:53 PM
1709	5:09 PM	1724	5:24 PM	1739	5:39 PM	1754	5:54 PM
1710	5:10 PM	1725	5:25 PM	1740	5:40 PM	1755	5:55 PM
1711	5:11 PM	1726	5:26 PM	1741	5:41 PM	1756	5:56 PM
1712	5:12 PM	1727	5:27 PM	1742	5:42 PM	1757	5:57 PM
1713	5:13 PM	1728	5:28 PM	1743	5:43 PM	1758	5:58 PM
1714	5:14 PM	1729	5:29 PM	1744	5:44 PM	1759	5:59 PM

1700 military time questions

What is 1700 in regular time?

5:00 PM: 17 hours after midnight, with 7 hours to go before the next one.

What is 5 PM in military time?

1700. For any PM hour from 1 to 11, add 12: 5 + 12 = 17, then tack on the minutes.

Is 1700 AM or PM?

PM. The switch comes at 1200, and 1700 is 5 hours past it.

How do you say 1700?

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

What is 1700 Zulu in Eastern Time?

In winter 1700Z is 12:00 PM in New York (EST). From the March clock change it is 1:00 PM EDT, because the gap shrinks from 5 hours to 4.

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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