1800 military time is 6:00 PM
1800 military time is 6:00 PM, or six o'clock in the evening. It is said aloud as "eighteen hundred". It is an evening time, 18 hours after midnight and 6 hours before the next midnight. With a colon, in the 24-hour clock most of the world writes, it is 18:00.
- Standard time
- 6:00 PM
- Said aloud
- eighteen hundred
- 24-hour clock
- 18:00
- Part of the day
- Evening
- After midnight
- 18 hours
- Until midnight
- 6 hours
How to convert 1800 military time to standard time
1800 is after noon, so subtract 12 from the hour: 18 minus 12 is 6. Keep the 00 minutes and add PM, which gives 6:00 PM. The same subtraction converts every military time from 1300 to 2359. To go the other way, add 12 to the hour of 6:00 PM: 6 plus 12 is 18, so 6:00 PM is 1800.
How to say 1800
1800 is said "eighteen hundred". The hour is read as "eighteen" and the 00 minutes become "hundred", which is why on-the-hour times sound like round numbers. You will hear "eighteen 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 1800 to common times
Timesheets ask this more than anything else: how long is it from 1800 to the end of the day, or from the start of a shift to 1800? 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 1800 | 18 hours | 18 |
| From 0900 to 1800 | 9 hours | 9 |
| From 1200 (noon) to 1800 | 6 hours | 6 |
| From 1700 to 1800 | 1 hour | 1 |
| From 1800 to 2400 (midnight, end of the day) | 6 hours | 6 |
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Times near 1800
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 1800 without converting again.
| Military time | 24-hour clock | Standard time | Said aloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1900 | 19:00 | 7:00 PM | nineteen hundred |
| 1915 | 19:15 | 7:15 PM | nineteen fifteen |
| 1930 | 19:30 | 7:30 PM | nineteen thirty |
| 1945 | 19:45 | 7:45 PM | nineteen forty-five |
Is 1800 morning, afternoon, evening or night?
1800 is an evening time: 6 hours after noon and 6 hours before the day ends. It is after the usual end of an office day and before most people's bedtime. On the 12-hour clock it is 6:00 PM, and the PM marks it as evening rather than early morning.
Questions people ask
What time is 1800 in military time?
1800 is 6:00 PM, six o'clock in the evening. Subtract 12 from 18 to get 6, keep the minutes and add PM.
How do you say 1800 in military time?
"Eighteen hundred". On the hour the two zero minutes are read as "hundred". In conversation people often add "hours" at the end.
Is 1800 AM or PM?
PM. Every military time from 1200 to 2359 is PM, and 1800 is 6 hours past noon. Military time never uses the letters, which is the point of it: 1800 can only mean one moment in the day.
How many hours is it from 1800 to midnight?
6 hours exactly, counting to 2400 at the end of the day. From 0900 to 1800 is 9 hours. The converter works out the time between any two military times, including across midnight.