0800 military time is 8:00 AM
0800 military time is 8:00 AM, or eight o'clock in the morning. It is said aloud as "zero eight hundred". It is a morning time, 8 hours after midnight and 16 hours before the next midnight. With a colon, in the 24-hour clock most of the world writes, it is 08:00.
- Standard time
- 8:00 AM
- Said aloud
- zero eight hundred
- 24-hour clock
- 08:00
- Part of the day
- Morning
- After midnight
- 8 hours
- Until midnight
- 16 hours
How to convert 0800 military time to standard time
0800 is a morning time, so the hour does not change: take the leading zero off the 08, keep the 00, and add AM. That gives 8:00 AM. Every military time from 0100 to 0959 converts this way, which is why the leading zero matters: it tells you the time is before 1000 and before noon. To go back from 8:00 AM to military time, put the zero in front again and drop the AM: 0800.
How to say 0800
0800 is said "zero eight hundred". The hour is read as "zero eight", with the zero spoken aloud, and the 00 minutes become "hundred", which is why on-the-hour times sound like round numbers. You will hear "zero eight hundred hours" too; the word is common in speech, though Army correspondence rules (AR 25-50, paragraph 1-26) leave it out in writing.
Hours from 0800 to common times
Timesheets ask this more than anything else: how long is it from 0800 to the end of the day, or from the start of a shift to 0800? The table counts the time in the natural direction, from the earlier time to the later one, and gives decimal hours for payroll.
| Between | Hours and minutes | Decimal hours |
|---|---|---|
| From 0000 (midnight, start of the day) to 0800 | 8 hours | 8 |
| From 0800 to 0900 | 1 hour | 1 |
| From 0800 to 1200 (noon) | 4 hours | 4 |
| From 0800 to 1700 | 9 hours | 9 |
| From 0800 to 2400 (midnight, end of the day) | 16 hours | 16 |
Open the converter with 0800 filled in
Times near 0800
The quarter hours of the hour before, the hour itself and the hour after, so you can read off a time a few minutes either side of 0800 without converting again.
| Military time | 24-hour clock | Standard time | Said aloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0700 | 07:00 | 7:00 AM | zero seven hundred |
| 0715 | 07:15 | 7:15 AM | zero seven fifteen |
| 0730 | 07:30 | 7:30 AM | zero seven thirty |
| 0745 | 07:45 | 7:45 AM | zero seven forty-five |
| 0800 | 08:00 | 8:00 AM | zero eight hundred |
| 0815 | 08:15 | 8:15 AM | zero eight fifteen |
| 0830 | 08:30 | 8:30 AM | zero eight thirty |
| 0845 | 08:45 | 8:45 AM | zero eight forty-five |
| 0900 | 09:00 | 9:00 AM | zero nine hundred |
| 0915 | 09:15 | 9:15 AM | zero nine fifteen |
| 0930 | 09:30 | 9:30 AM | zero nine thirty |
| 0945 | 09:45 | 9:45 AM | zero nine forty-five |
Is 0800 morning, afternoon, evening or night?
0800 is a morning time: 8 hours after midnight and 4 hours before noon. It falls in the early part of the working morning, when day shifts start and the commute is under way. On the 12-hour clock it is 8:00 AM, and because it is before 1200 the digits of the hour do not change, only the leading zero comes off.
Questions people ask
What time is 0800 in military time?
0800 is 8:00 AM, eight o'clock in the morning. Any military time before 1200 keeps its hour, so you only take off the leading zero and add AM.
How do you say 0800 in military time?
"Zero eight hundred". On the hour the two zero minutes are read as "hundred", and the leading zero of the hour is spoken as "zero". In conversation people often add "hours" at the end.
Is 0800 AM or PM?
AM. Every military time from 0000 to 1159 is AM, and 0800 is 4 hours before noon. Military time never uses the letters, which is the point of it: 0800 can only mean one moment in the day.
How many hours is it from 0800 to midnight?
16 hours exactly, counting to 2400 at the end of the day. From 0800 to 1700 is 9 hours. The converter works out the time between any two military times, including across midnight.