Military Time Converter

This free military time converter can transform military or 24-hour clock time into regular and vice versa.

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How to Convert Military Time to 12-Hour Regular Time?

The following rules are applied for the conversion:

  • 0000 to 1159 → Add 'AM' and keep the same number.
  • 1200 to 1259 → Add 'PM' and keep the same number.
  • 1300 to 2359 → Subtract 12 from the hour and add 'PM'.

Examples:

  • 1700 → 5:00 PM
  • 1532 → 3:32 PM
  • 0345 → 3:45 AM

How to Convert 12-Hour to 24-Hour Military Time?

AM (Midnight to Noon)

  • 12:00 AM → 0000 hours
  • 03:00 AM → 0300 hours
  • 10:23 AM → 1023 hours

PM (Noon to Midnight)

  • 12:00 PM → 1200 hours
  • 05:00 PM → 1700 hours
  • 10:23 PM → 2223 hours

Conversion Rules

  1. For AM (except 12:00 AM), keep the hours the same but remove the colon.
  2. For PM (except 12:00 PM), add 12 to the hour. Example: 06:00 PM → 1800.
  3. 12:00 AM (midnight) becomes 0000 (not 2400).