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Military Time
Military time is an unambiguous, concise method of expressing time used by the Military, Law Enforcement, Hospitals,
and other entities. Military time uses a 24-hour time scale that makes the use of a.m. or p.m. unnecessary. Midnight
corresponds to 2400, 1 p.m. corresponds to 1300, and so on.
The following table provides a convenient way to convert between military time and regular time.
Civilian time
12:00 a.m.
1:00 a.m.
2:00 a.m.
3:00 a.m.
4:00 a.m.
5:00 a.m.
6:00 a.m.
7:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
9:00 p.m.
10:00 p.m.
11:00 p.m.
Military time
2400 / 0000
0100
0200
0300
0400
0500
0600
0700
0800
0900
1000
1100
1200
1300
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
2100
2200
2300
Example
If an event will occur on Wednesday at 0001. This translates to one minute past midnight on Wednesday morning.
If an event is to occur on Saturday at 1435. This translates to 2:35 p.m.
If an event is to occur on Friday at 2345. This translates to 11:45 p.m.
If an event is to occur on Thursday at 0515. This translates to 5:15 a.m.