1600 military time is 4:00 PM
1600 military time is 4:00 PM, or four o'clock in the afternoon. It is said aloud as "sixteen hundred". It is an afternoon time, 16 hours after midnight and 8 hours before the next midnight. With a colon, in the 24-hour clock most of the world writes, it is 16:00.
- Standard time
- 4:00 PM
- Said aloud
- sixteen hundred
- 24-hour clock
- 16:00
- Part of the day
- Afternoon
- After midnight
- 16 hours
- Until midnight
- 8 hours
How to convert 1600 military time to standard time
1600 is after noon, so subtract 12 from the hour: 16 minus 12 is 4. Keep the 00 minutes and add PM, which gives 4:00 PM. The same subtraction converts every military time from 1300 to 2359. To go the other way, add 12 to the hour of 4:00 PM: 4 plus 12 is 16, so 4:00 PM is 1600.
How to say 1600
1600 is said "sixteen hundred". The hour is read as "sixteen" and the 00 minutes become "hundred", which is why on-the-hour times sound like round numbers. You will hear "sixteen 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 1600 to common times
Timesheets ask this more than anything else: how long is it from 1600 to the end of the day, or from the start of a shift to 1600? 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 1600 | 16 hours | 16 |
| From 0900 to 1600 | 7 hours | 7 |
| From 1200 (noon) to 1600 | 4 hours | 4 |
| From 1600 to 1700 | 1 hour | 1 |
| From 1600 to 2400 (midnight, end of the day) | 8 hours | 8 |
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Times near 1600
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 1600 without converting again.
| Military time | 24-hour clock | Standard time | Said aloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1700 | 17:00 | 5:00 PM | seventeen hundred |
| 1715 | 17:15 | 5:15 PM | seventeen fifteen |
| 1730 | 17:30 | 5:30 PM | seventeen thirty |
| 1745 | 17:45 | 5:45 PM | seventeen forty-five |
Is 1600 morning, afternoon, evening or night?
1600 is an afternoon time: 4 hours after noon and 8 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 4:00 PM; the PM is what tells you it is the afternoon rather than the night.
Questions people ask
What time is 1600 in military time?
1600 is 4:00 PM, four o'clock in the afternoon. Subtract 12 from 16 to get 4, keep the minutes and add PM.
How do you say 1600 in military time?
"Sixteen hundred". On the hour the two zero minutes are read as "hundred". In conversation people often add "hours" at the end.
Is 1600 AM or PM?
PM. Every military time from 1200 to 2359 is PM, and 1600 is 4 hours past noon. Military time never uses the letters, which is the point of it: 1600 can only mean one moment in the day.
How many hours is it from 1600 to midnight?
8 hours exactly, counting to 2400 at the end of the day. From 0900 to 1600 is 7 hours. From 1600 to 1700 is 1 hour. The converter works out the time between any two military times, including across midnight.