Goes beyond the chart: shift length across midnight with unpaid breaks, adding and subtracting time, and US time-zone and Zulu conversion that follows daylight saving for the date you pick.
In short
Military time numbers the day from 0000 to 2359 with no AM or PM. To convert, keep 0000 to 1159 as AM, 1200 to 1259 as PM, and subtract 12 from 1300 to 2359 for PM. So 1800 is 6:00 PM and 2200 is 10:00 PM. Type any time below to convert it and hear how to say it.
Check anything critical. Time-zone answers come from your browser’s time-zone data, and shift hours are plain arithmetic on the times you type. Your employer’s rounding and break rules are not applied. For aviation, military or legal scheduling, confirm with an authoritative source.
Military time
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Military time
Standard time
How to say it
0000
12:00 AM
zero hundred hours
0100
1:00 AM
zero one hundred hours
0200
2:00 AM
zero two hundred hours
0300
3:00 AM
zero three hundred hours
0400
4:00 AM
zero four hundred hours
0500
5:00 AM
zero five hundred hours
0600
6:00 AM
zero six hundred hours
0700
7:00 AM
zero seven hundred hours
0800
8:00 AM
zero eight hundred hours
0900
9:00 AM
zero nine hundred hours
1000
10:00 AM
ten hundred hours
1100
11:00 AM
eleven hundred hours
1200
12:00 PM
twelve hundred hours
1300
1:00 PM
thirteen hundred hours
1400
2:00 PM
fourteen hundred hours
1500
3:00 PM
fifteen hundred hours
1600
4:00 PM
sixteen hundred hours
1700
5:00 PM
seventeen hundred hours
1800
6:00 PM
eighteen hundred hours
1900
7:00 PM
nineteen hundred hours
2000
8:00 PM
twenty hundred hours
2100
9:00 PM
twenty-one hundred hours
2200
10:00 PM
twenty-two hundred hours
2300
11:00 PM
twenty-three hundred hours
Worked out from the times entered. Time-zone results depend on the rules in the browser’s time-zone database for the date chosen.
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How to use it
On Convert, type a time such as 1830, 18:30 or 6:30 pm.
On Shift hours, enter a start time, an end time and any unpaid break to get paid hours, even across midnight.
On Add or subtract, enter a starting time and the hours and minutes to move it.
On Time zones, enter a time, a date and two zones to convert, including Zulu (UTC).
Copy the result, or download the sheet, which includes the full 24-hour chart.
How it calculates
Every time is turned into minutes after midnight, so a shift that ends earlier than it starts has 24 hours added to its end. Adding and subtracting works the same way and reports how many days the result moves. Time-zone answers are not hard-coded: the tool asks your browser for the IANA rules for the date you choose, so daylight saving is handled for you.
For example, 6:30 pm is 1830, said “eighteen thirty hours”. A night shift from 2200 to 0600 crosses midnight, so 24 hours are added to the end: that is 8 hours, and with a 30-minute unpaid break the paid time is 7.5 hours. The times are made up; yours come from what you type.
Who should use it
Anyone reading a 24-hour schedule, roster or timetable
Shift workers and managers working out paid hours for a night shift
People coordinating across US time zones or with Zulu time
Who should not use this
Anyone doing aviation, military or legal scheduling that must match an authoritative source
Employers who need payroll rounding and break rules applied; this does plain arithmetic on the times you type
Anyone needing seconds or single-letter military zone designations other than Z
Limitations
Shift length is calculated for one turn of the clock, so a duty period longer than 24 hours needs to be split.
Times are handled to the minute, not the second.
Time-zone results depend on the rules in your browser’s IANA data, which can change if governments change their clocks.
A time inside a daylight-saving gap or overlap is flagged, and the earlier occurrence is used for an overlap.
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Sources and review
Reviewed on 18 Oct 2026 against the published sources below. Rules and prices change, so check the current position before you rely on a figure.
Military.com: Military time, the 24-hour clock
The Editor’s Manual (Neha Karve): Writing times of day in 24-hour format, updated 12 December 2021
17:00 is 5:00 PM. Subtract 12 from 17 to get 5 and add PM. Spoken, it is “seventeen hundred hours”.
What is 22:00 military time?
22:00 is 10:00 PM. Subtract 12 from 22. Spoken, it is “twenty-two hundred hours”.
What is 14:00 military time in EST?
14:00 is 2:00 PM. In Eastern Standard Time it is 1400 EST, which equals 1900Z because EST is five hours behind UTC. During daylight saving time the same reading is EDT and equals 1800Z.
How do I convert military time to standard time?
For 0100 to 1159, drop the leading zero and add AM. For 1200 to 1259, keep the hour and add PM. For 1300 to 2359, subtract 12 from the hour and add PM. 0000 to 0059 is 12 AM.
Is midnight 0000 or 2400?
Most sources write 0000 for the start of a day. Some write 2400 for the end of the same day, which is the same instant as 0000 on the next date. Using 0001 or 2359 avoids the ambiguity.
How do you calculate hours worked from military time?
Convert both times to minutes after midnight. If the end is earlier than the start, add 1,440 minutes to the end. Subtract the start, then any unpaid break. For 2200 to 0600 with a 30-minute break, the result is 7.5 hours.
What does the Z in 1830Z mean?
Z stands for Zulu time, which is UTC. 1830Z is 18:30 UTC. It does not change with daylight saving time.
This tool produces a document from the information you type. It does not give legal, tax or accounting advice, and it does not check that your figures or rates are right. See the disclaimer. Found a mistake? Report an error in a calculation.
