Military Time

Welcome to military time! It’s really quite easy once you get the hang of it. And trust me, you’ll need to know it or you’ll never know when your Army husband is coming or going. Pretty soon, you'll be using it yourself. Civilians may look at you a little strange when you tell them you get off work at 18:00 but don’t worry about it. Just respond "It's an Army thing." Here goes…

0:00 = midnight
1:00= 1am
2:00= 2am
3:00= 3am
4:00= 4am
5:00= 5am
6:00= 6am
7:00= 7am
8:00= 8am
9:00= 9am
10:00= 10am
11:00= 11am
12:00= noon
13:00= 1pm
14:00= 2pm
15:00= 3pm
16:00= 4pm
17:00= 5pm
18:00= 6pm
19:00= 7pm
20:00= 8pm
21:00= 9pm
22:00= 10pm
23:00= 11pm
24:00= midnight

If your husband will be home at 5:00 p.m., it’s 17:00 (pronounced “17 hundred”). If it is 12:30 a.m., it’s 0:30 (pronounced “zero thirty”). Basically once you get to PM hours, all you are doing is adding the time to the number 12. If it is 2:00 p.m., 2 plus 12 is 14, making it 14:00 (“14 hundred”).