Military Time Converter (24-Hour ↔ 12-Hour)

Military time is the 24-hour clock written without a colon: the day runs from 0000 (midnight) to 2359, so there is never any doubt between morning and evening. This converter reads standard times like 2:30 PM, 24-hour times like 14:30 and military times like 1430 or "0730 hours", and gives all three forms plus the way the time is said out loud. A chart lists every hour (or half hour) of the day.

How to use this tool

1. Type a time in any common form: 2:30 PM, 2pm, 14:30, 1430 or 0730 hours.
2. Read the military, 24-hour and 12-hour forms and the spoken version.
3. Use the chart to look up other times; switch it to 30-minute rows if you need them.

Formula

PM hours 1–11: add 12 (2:30 PM → 1430) · 12 AM → 00 · 12 PM stays 12

To go back, subtract 12 from hours 13–23 and add PM; hours 01–11 are AM; 00 is 12 AM and 12 is 12 PM. Military times are spoken digit group by digit group: 1430 is "fourteen thirty", 0800 is "zero eight hundred" (often "oh eight hundred") and 1405 is "fourteen zero five".

Example

A flight at 7:45 PM is 19:45 on a 24-hour clock and 1945 in military time, said "nineteen forty-five hours". Going the other way, 0730 is 7:30 AM, and 0000 is midnight at the start of the day.