1200 military time is 12:00 PM
1200 military time is 12:00 PM, or noon. It is said aloud as "twelve hundred". 1200 is noon, 12 hours into the day with 12 to go. With a colon, in the 24-hour clock most of the world writes, it is 12:00.
- Standard time
- 12:00 PM
- Said aloud
- twelve hundred
- 24-hour clock
- 12:00
- Part of the day
- Noon
- After midnight
- 12 hours
- Until midnight
- 12 hours
How to convert 1200 military time to standard time
1200 is 12:00 PM, noon. The hour stays 12, but the letters change: everything from 1200 to 1259 is PM, because it comes after noon. This is the hour people most often get wrong, since 12 is the only PM hour you do not subtract 12 from. Going back, 12:00 PM is 1200: keep the 12, drop the colon and the PM.
How to say 1200
1200 is said "twelve hundred". The hour is read as "twelve" and the 00 minutes become "hundred", which is why on-the-hour times sound like round numbers. You will hear "twelve 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 1200 to common times
Timesheets ask this more than anything else: how long is it from 1200 to the end of the day, or from the start of a shift to 1200? 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 1200 | 12 hours | 12 |
| From 0900 to 1200 | 3 hours | 3 |
| From 1200 to 1700 | 5 hours | 5 |
| From 1200 to 2400 (midnight, end of the day) | 12 hours | 12 |
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Times near 1200
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 1200 without converting again.
| Military time | 24-hour clock | Standard time | Said aloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1100 | 11:00 | 11:00 AM | eleven hundred |
| 1115 | 11:15 | 11:15 AM | eleven fifteen |
| 1130 | 11:30 | 11:30 AM | eleven thirty |
| 1145 | 11:45 | 11:45 AM | eleven forty-five |
| 1200 | 12:00 | 12:00 PM | twelve hundred |
| 1215 | 12:15 | 12:15 PM | twelve fifteen |
| 1230 | 12:30 | 12:30 PM | twelve thirty |
| 1245 | 12:45 | 12:45 PM | twelve forty-five |
| 1300 | 13:00 | 1:00 PM | thirteen hundred |
| 1315 | 13:15 | 1:15 PM | thirteen fifteen |
| 1330 | 13:30 | 1:30 PM | thirteen thirty |
| 1345 | 13:45 | 1:45 PM | thirteen forty-five |
Is 1200 morning, afternoon, evening or night?
1200 is noon, the exact middle of the day: 12 hours after midnight and 12 hours before the next one. It is the point where AM gives way to PM, so 12:00 PM is correct and 12:00 AM is not. Half of the 24 hours have gone and half remain, which makes 1200 the easiest military time to place and the one that trips up the most people when they write it the 12-hour way.
Questions people ask
What time is 1200 in military time?
1200 is 12:00 PM, noon. The hour 12 stays 12, and it is PM because it is noon or just after.
How do you say 1200 in military time?
"Twelve hundred". On the hour the two zero minutes are read as "hundred". In conversation people often add "hours" at the end.
Is 1200 AM or PM?
PM. 1200 is noon, the first minute of PM, and everything up to 1259 is PM with it. Military time never uses the letters, which is the point of it: 1200 can only mean one moment in the day.
How many hours is it from 1200 to midnight?
12 hours exactly, counting to 2400 at the end of the day. From 0900 to 1200 is 3 hours. From 1200 to 1700 is 5 hours. The converter works out the time between any two military times, including across midnight.