Unlike the algebraic expressions that worked on assumptions, the military time chart is easy to learn and grasp. If you have been struggling to remember Military time, then let’s learn some basic tricks to get the idea.
Most people get confused about military time conversion because we are used to seeing 12 hands on the clock, unlike military time, which runs on a 24-hour clock.
If you are someone associated with global airlines, or come from a military background then you must learn the Military time chart as it’s very helpful in conveying accurate timing. You do not need to memorize, just understand the basic conversion of hours.
Military Time Chart Basics
We all have used digital clocks in our lives. Just like the time is displayed in 4 digits on a digital clock, the military time chart also functions on 4 digits where the first two numbers indicate the hours and the last two indicate the minutes.
To start easy 0000 or Zero-Hundred represents midnight and 1200 or Twelve-hundred represents noon. This means that any time given between 0001 and 1159 indicates “a.m.” time and the time between 1201 and 2359 indicates “p.m” time.
Don’t get confused, let’s break this into an example:
Anything that starts after 0000 like 0100 pronounced as Zero one hundred hours converts into 1 a.m., 0530 spoken as Zero five-thirty hours converts into 5:30 a.m., or 1000 that converts into 10 a.m. and in between the number 1159 indicates the “a.m.” timings.
Most people face problems with the p.m. hours. Just like on the civilian clock the time shown on the clock after 12 a.m. is 1 p.m., it’s the same with military hours. 1300 spoken as Thirteen hundred converts to 1 p.m., 1400 converts into 2 p.m. and so on. This series continues until the time says 2359 after which the a.m. hours start.
Let’s have a look at this Military time conversion chart and understand the conversion of our regular time into military time along with the way they are spoken.
Military Time Chart Conversion
| How To Pronounce Military Time | Military Time | Civil Time |
| Zero hundred hours | 0 | 12:00 AM |
| Zero one hundred hours | 100 | 1:00 AM |
| Zero two hundred hours | 200 | 2:00 AM |
| Zero three hundred hours | 300 | 3:00 AM |
| Zero four hundred hours | 400 | 4:00 AM |
| Zero five hundred hours | 500 | 5:00 AM |
| Zero six hundred hours | 600 | 6:00 AM |
| Zero seven hundred hours | 700 | 7:00 AM |
| Zero eight hundred hours | 800 | 8:00 AM |
| Zero nine hundred hours | 900 | 9:00 AM |
| Ten hundred hours | 1000 | 10:00 AM |
| Eleven hundred hours | 1100 | 11:00 AM |
| Twelve hundred hours | 1200 | 12:00 PM |
| Thirteen hundred hours | 1300 | 1:00 PM |
| Fourteen hundred hours | 1400 | 2:00 PM |
| Fifteen hundred hours | 1500 | 3:00 PM |
| Sixteen hundred hours | 1600 | 4:00 PM |
| Seventeen hundred hours | 1700 | 5:00 PM |
| Eighteen hundred hours | 1800 | 6:00 PM |
| Nineteen hundred hours | 1900 | 7:00 PM |
| Twenty hundred hours | 2000 | 8:00 PM |
| Twenty-one hundred hours | 2100 | 9:00 PM |
| Twenty-two hundred hours | 2200 | 10:00 PM |
| Twenty-three hundred hours | 2300 | 11:00 PM |