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12-hour, 24-hour and military time converter

Type any time. Your browser may show the box in 12- or 24-hour style; the result below shows all three.

Result
5:30 PM
17:30 in 24-hour time
Military 1730 hoursSpoken 5 30 in the evening

Conversion chart

12-hour24-hourMilitary
12:00 AM00:000000 hours
1:00 AM01:000100 hours
2:00 AM02:000200 hours
3:00 AM03:000300 hours
4:00 AM04:000400 hours
5:00 AM05:000500 hours
6:00 AM06:000600 hours
7:00 AM07:000700 hours
8:00 AM08:000800 hours
9:00 AM09:000900 hours
10:00 AM10:001000 hours
11:00 AM11:001100 hours
12:00 PM12:001200 hours
1:00 PM13:001300 hours
2:00 PM14:001400 hours
3:00 PM15:001500 hours
4:00 PM16:001600 hours
5:00 PM17:001700 hours
6:00 PM18:001800 hours
7:00 PM19:001900 hours
8:00 PM20:002000 hours
9:00 PM21:002100 hours
10:00 PM22:002200 hours
11:00 PM23:002300 hours

How to convert

For times from 1:00 PM to 11:59 PM, add 12 to the hour: 5:30 PM becomes 17:30. For 12:00 AM to 12:59 AM, the hour becomes 00: 12:15 AM is 00:15. Morning times stay the same, and noon is 12:00. Military time writes the same number without the colon, so 17:30 is “1730 hours”.