0900 military time is 9:00 AM
0900 military time is 9:00 AM, or nine o'clock in the morning. It is said aloud as "zero nine hundred". It is a morning time, 9 hours after midnight and 15 hours before the next midnight. With a colon, in the 24-hour clock most of the world writes, it is 09:00.
- Standard time
- 9:00 AM
- Said aloud
- zero nine hundred
- 24-hour clock
- 09:00
- Part of the day
- Morning
- After midnight
- 9 hours
- Until midnight
- 15 hours
How to convert 0900 military time to standard time
0900 is a morning time, so the hour does not change: take the leading zero off the 09, keep the 00, and add AM. That gives 9:00 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 9:00 AM to military time, put the zero in front again and drop the AM: 0900.
How to say 0900
0900 is said "zero nine hundred". The hour is read as "zero nine", 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 nine 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 0900 to common times
Timesheets ask this more than anything else: how long is it from 0900 to the end of the day, or from the start of a shift to 0900? 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 0900 | 9 hours | 9 |
| From 0900 to 1200 (noon) | 3 hours | 3 |
| From 0900 to 1700 | 8 hours | 8 |
| From 0900 to 2400 (midnight, end of the day) | 15 hours | 15 |
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Times near 0900
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 0900 without converting again.
| Military time | 24-hour clock | Standard time | Said aloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1000 | 10:00 | 10:00 AM | ten hundred |
| 1015 | 10:15 | 10:15 AM | ten fifteen |
| 1030 | 10:30 | 10:30 AM | ten thirty |
| 1045 | 10:45 | 10:45 AM | ten forty-five |
Is 0900 morning, afternoon, evening or night?
0900 is a morning time: 9 hours after midnight and 3 hours before noon. It falls in the main part of the working morning, between the start of most day shifts and lunch. On the 12-hour clock it is 9:00 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 0900 in military time?
0900 is 9:00 AM, nine 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 0900 in military time?
"Zero nine 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 0900 AM or PM?
AM. Every military time from 0000 to 1159 is AM, and 0900 is 3 hours before noon. Military time never uses the letters, which is the point of it: 0900 can only mean one moment in the day.
How many hours is it from 0900 to midnight?
15 hours exactly, counting to 2400 at the end of the day. From 0900 to 1700 is 8 hours. The converter works out the time between any two military times, including across midnight.