1700 military time is 5:00 PM
1700 military time is 5:00 PM, or five o'clock in the evening. It is said aloud as "seventeen hundred". It is an evening time, 17 hours after midnight and 7 hours before the next midnight. With a colon, in the 24-hour clock most of the world writes, it is 17:00.
- Standard time
- 5:00 PM
- Said aloud
- seventeen hundred
- 24-hour clock
- 17:00
- Part of the day
- Evening
- After midnight
- 17 hours
- Until midnight
- 7 hours
How to convert 1700 military time to standard time
1700 is after noon, so subtract 12 from the hour: 17 minus 12 is 5. Keep the 00 minutes and add PM, which gives 5:00 PM. The same subtraction converts every military time from 1300 to 2359. To go the other way, add 12 to the hour of 5:00 PM: 5 plus 12 is 17, so 5:00 PM is 1700.
How to say 1700
1700 is said "seventeen hundred". The hour is read as "seventeen" and the 00 minutes become "hundred", which is why on-the-hour times sound like round numbers. You will hear "seventeen 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 1700 to common times
Timesheets ask this more than anything else: how long is it from 1700 to the end of the day, or from the start of a shift to 1700? 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 1700 | 17 hours | 17 |
| From 0900 to 1700 | 8 hours | 8 |
| From 1200 (noon) to 1700 | 5 hours | 5 |
| From 1700 to 2400 (midnight, end of the day) | 7 hours | 7 |
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Times near 1700
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 1700 without converting again.
| Military time | 24-hour clock | Standard time | Said aloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1800 | 18:00 | 6:00 PM | eighteen hundred |
| 1815 | 18:15 | 6:15 PM | eighteen fifteen |
| 1830 | 18:30 | 6:30 PM | eighteen thirty |
| 1845 | 18:45 | 6:45 PM | eighteen forty-five |
Is 1700 morning, afternoon, evening or night?
1700 is an evening time: 5 hours after noon and 7 hours before the day ends. It is the usual end of an office day, which is why 1700 is the figure timesheets and rotas use most. On the 12-hour clock it is 5:00 PM, and the PM marks it as evening rather than early morning.
Questions people ask
What time is 1700 in military time?
1700 is 5:00 PM, five o'clock in the evening. Subtract 12 from 17 to get 5, keep the minutes and add PM.
How do you say 1700 in military time?
"Seventeen hundred". On the hour the two zero minutes are read as "hundred". In conversation people often add "hours" at the end.
Is 1700 AM or PM?
PM. Every military time from 1200 to 2359 is PM, and 1700 is 5 hours past noon. Military time never uses the letters, which is the point of it: 1700 can only mean one moment in the day.
How many hours is it from 1700 to midnight?
7 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.