1500 military time is 3:00 PM
1500 military time is 3:00 PM, or three o'clock in the afternoon. It is said aloud as "fifteen hundred". It is an afternoon time, 15 hours after midnight and 9 hours before the next midnight. With a colon, in the 24-hour clock most of the world writes, it is 15:00.
- Standard time
- 3:00 PM
- Said aloud
- fifteen hundred
- 24-hour clock
- 15:00
- Part of the day
- Afternoon
- After midnight
- 15 hours
- Until midnight
- 9 hours
How to convert 1500 military time to standard time
1500 is after noon, so subtract 12 from the hour: 15 minus 12 is 3. Keep the 00 minutes and add PM, which gives 3:00 PM. The same subtraction converts every military time from 1300 to 2359. To go the other way, add 12 to the hour of 3:00 PM: 3 plus 12 is 15, so 3:00 PM is 1500.
How to say 1500
1500 is said "fifteen hundred". The hour is read as "fifteen" and the 00 minutes become "hundred", which is why on-the-hour times sound like round numbers. You will hear "fifteen 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 1500 to common times
Timesheets ask this more than anything else: how long is it from 1500 to the end of the day, or from the start of a shift to 1500? 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 1500 | 15 hours | 15 |
| From 0900 to 1500 | 6 hours | 6 |
| From 1200 (noon) to 1500 | 3 hours | 3 |
| From 1500 to 1700 | 2 hours | 2 |
| From 1500 to 2400 (midnight, end of the day) | 9 hours | 9 |
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Times near 1500
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 1500 without converting again.
| Military time | 24-hour clock | Standard time | Said aloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1400 | 14:00 | 2:00 PM | fourteen hundred |
| 1415 | 14:15 | 2:15 PM | fourteen fifteen |
| 1430 | 14:30 | 2:30 PM | fourteen thirty |
| 1445 | 14:45 | 2:45 PM | fourteen forty-five |
| 1500 | 15:00 | 3:00 PM | fifteen hundred |
| 1515 | 15:15 | 3:15 PM | fifteen fifteen |
| 1530 | 15:30 | 3:30 PM | fifteen thirty |
| 1545 | 15:45 | 3:45 PM | fifteen forty-five |
| 1600 | 16:00 | 4:00 PM | sixteen hundred |
| 1615 | 16:15 | 4:15 PM | sixteen fifteen |
| 1630 | 16:30 | 4:30 PM | sixteen thirty |
| 1645 | 16:45 | 4:45 PM | sixteen forty-five |
Is 1500 morning, afternoon, evening or night?
1500 is an afternoon time: 3 hours after noon and 9 hours before midnight. It sits in the second half of a standard working day, in the stretch before most offices close. On the 12-hour clock it is 3:00 PM; the PM is what tells you it is the afternoon rather than the night.
Questions people ask
What time is 1500 in military time?
1500 is 3:00 PM, three o'clock in the afternoon. Subtract 12 from 15 to get 3, keep the minutes and add PM.
How do you say 1500 in military time?
"Fifteen hundred". On the hour the two zero minutes are read as "hundred". In conversation people often add "hours" at the end.
Is 1500 AM or PM?
PM. Every military time from 1200 to 2359 is PM, and 1500 is 3 hours past noon. Military time never uses the letters, which is the point of it: 1500 can only mean one moment in the day.
How many hours is it from 1500 to midnight?
9 hours exactly, counting to 2400 at the end of the day. From 0900 to 1500 is 6 hours. From 1500 to 1700 is 2 hours. The converter works out the time between any two military times, including across midnight.