Military Time Converter

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Convert military time to regular time with the Military Time Converter. This calculator also does conversion to military time from regular time.

This converter assumes 12:00 am is midnight, and 12:00 pm is noon.

How to Convert to Military Time

To convert from regular time to military time refer to the time chart below or follow these steps.

• If the time is morning or am remove the colon. Military time is the same as regular time in the morning hours. Add a leading zero if the time is earlier than 10 am. For example, 9:30 am is 0930 in military time.
• If the time is after 12:59 pm, remove the colon and add 12 hours to the regular time. For example if the time is 4:24 pm, remove the colon and add 12 hours to get 1624 in military time.
• If the time is 12:00 am midnight to 12:59 am, remove the colon and subtract 12 hours. For example 12:08 am is 0008 in military time.
• 12:00 am midnight in military time is 0000 hours at the beginning of a day or event, and 2400 hours at the end of the day or event.

How to Convert from Military Time to Regular Time

To convert from military time to regular time refer to the time chart below or follow these steps.

• If military time is 0000 to 0059, insert a colon and add 12 hours. Include am for morning.
• If military time is 0100 to 1159, remove leading 0's, insert a colon and include am for morning
• If military time is 1200 to 1259, insert a colon and include pm to indicate the time is after 12:00 noon
• If military time is 1300 to 2359, insert a colon and subtract 12 hours. Include pm to indicate the time is after 12:00 noon.
• 0000 and 2400 in military time are the same as 12:00 am midnight.

See our separate page including a Military Time Chart and Military Minutes Chart.

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