Military time, also known as 24-hour time, is a system of timekeeping that is widely used in the military, as well as in a number of other industries and professions around the world. Instead of using the familiar 12-hour clock with AM and PM designations, military time uses a 24-hour clock, with hours ranging from 00 to 23. In this article, we will explore the history of military time conversion and how it came to be adopted by the military and other organisations.

The origin of military time can be traced back to ancient civilisations, such as the Egyptians and Babylonians, who used a system of counting the hours from sunrise to sunset and then from sunset to sunrise. This system was later adapted by the Greeks, who divided the day into 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness.

The modern 24-hour clock, however, was not widely adopted until the 20th century. During World War I, the British army began using a 24-hour clock to avoid confusion in communications and to coordinate military operations more effectively. Other countries soon followed suit, and the use of military time spread throughout the world.

The use of military time was further popularised during World War II, when the United States military began using it extensively. The 24-hour clock was especially useful for coordinating operations across multiple time zones and for avoiding errors in scheduling and logistics.

Today, military time is used not only in the military but also in a number of other industries and professions. For example, healthcare professionals often use military time to avoid confusion when recording patient care and medication schedules. Pilots and air traffic controllers also use military time to coordinate flights and prevent scheduling errors.

Converting between military time and the standard 12-hour clock can be confusing, but it is actually quite simple once you understand the system. To convert military time to standard time, simply subtract 12 from any hour greater than 12. For example, 1300 hours would be equivalent to 1:00 PM. To convert standard time to military time, simply add 12 to any hour after 12:00 PM. For example, 6:00 PM would be equivalent to 1800 hours.

In conclusion, the history of military time conversion is a fascinating subject that reflects the evolution of timekeeping throughout history. While the 24-hour clock was originally developed for military use, it has since been adopted by a number of other industries and professions. Whether you are in the military or simply need to communicate with others in a clear and efficient manner, understanding military time conversion can be an essential skill to have.

Remember that time you had a very important meeting Monday morning, at 10 am and you, after partying with your friends all night Sunday, in your drunken carelessness set the alarm for 8 pm next day instead of 8 am, and then you ended up missing that meeting? Yeah, I wouldn’t want to remember it either.

How about that time your friend told you that you had a flight at 4 and you showed up at the airport well in advance with a couple of hours in hand only to realize that the flight was actually scheduled for 4 am the night before?

We’ve all been there. But we don’t need to be. Not if all of us collectively switched to military time, that is the 24-hour clock instead of the 12-hour variant.

So why do we use a 12-hour clock in the first place?

Well, it is for the simple reason that a clock is of a circular shape, encompassing a total of 360 degrees when you go around it once from any particular digit and back to that same digit. With a total of 12 markings, this means each individual digit has a total span of 30 degrees, which means one hour spans 30 degrees. It is theoretically possible to put in 24 digits, but then the clock gets way too crowded and messy, with each hour having a span of a measly 15 degrees.

Analog clocks have been around long before digital clocks came into being and thus, the original 12-hour clock system still reigns supreme.

Let’s take a quick look at the different clock systems prevalent around the world today.

Most countries in Europe except Great Britain have switched to military time clock in all forms of formal written communication but still stick to the traditional 12-hour system in verbal, informal communication. Thus, the 24-hour military time clock system is mostly used in a printed context, where there is absolutely no tolerance for ambiguity. In offices and businesses where punctuality and setting appointments are of utmost importance, you can’t afford to have stupid mishaps involving an am/pm confusion. Most offices which do business worldwide also have to contend with several time zones, which is confusing in its own right without having to mention am or pm.

America, Canada, and most English-speaking countries are yet to catch up with Europe in this respect, which is actually the international standard, ISO 8601 to be precise, but then again, America has always done things a bit differently, not adopting the metric system for one.

The United States Navy first adopted the military time system in 1920 and subsequently the entire United States Army, during World War 2.

Aside from the Army, government organizations like public hospitals, the fire department, and the police force often use military time instead of the conventional 12-hour system. This is because in their field of work, people’s lives are at stake and a few minutes often means the difference between life and death.

In a more personal context, however, the most you will have to deal with is some embarrassment and a little humiliation and worst-case scenario, your promotion gets a little delayed.

Let’s look at a few other reasons why all of us should adopt military time in our personal daily lives.

1. You manage your time better.

There are 24 hours in a day, and it would do us good to be reminded of it every time we look at our watches. For example, if it’s 10 am now, and you have a meeting scheduled at 4 pm, you’ll think so that’s two more hours till noon and then I have got four more hours to spare. You might be tempted to take it light for the next two hours and then start prepping for the meeting after noon. When using military time, however, you’ll know right off the bat that you have 6 hours to go to the meeting, and you will plan your work accordingly. Also if you’re the kind that makes daily planners detailing all your activities in a day, it’s helpful to use a 24-hour clock system.

2. It’s easier to calculate the duration of an event.

If you’re informed an event runs from 1130 to 1630, you can quickly figure out that the event stretches for 5 hours, more so in comparison to being told that the event is from 11:30 am to 4:30 pm.

3. You simply save a lot more time and paper.

All that time you’ve spent saying or writing am/pm could have very easily been avoided if had you just used military time.

Of course, needless to say, the most important reason you should switch to military time is you simply do not need the unnecessary embarrassment caused by confusing am with pm or vice-versa.

Regardless of your personal preference, the world seems poised to switch to military time sooner or later. As businesses organizations become more and more globalized, they will be forced to shift to a universal, international standard, which is the military way of specifying the time.

Physical, circular clocks which are heavy and take up space are bound to become obsolete shortly with the overwhelming majority of people shifting to digital clocks or simply, a clock application on their smartphones. The only reason really, that wristwatches and wall clocks are still prevalent today is because of their aesthetic appeal and their use as status symbols.

So how do you convert from standard 12-hour civilian time to 24-hour military time and vice-versa?

It really isn’t very hard once you get used to it.

1. We remove the colon from civilian time and write it as one figure in military time. So 11:35 am becomes 1135 in military lingo.

2. The Hours from 1 am to 12 noon are the same in both civilian and military time.

Just remember that for all hours under 10, you have to include a zero in military time. So 8 am becomes 0800.

3. For the hours from 1 pm to 11 pm, you just have to add 1200 to get the military time. So 7:30 pm becomes 1930 in military time.

4. If you wish to go from military to standard time, for any military time that is 1300 or more, all you have to do is subtract 1200, put in a colon and add a ‘pm.’ So 1745 becomes 5:45 pm.

5. You can refer to midnight in military time as both 2400 and 0000.

Alright soldier, so now you know of the benefits of using military time over the conventional 12-hour system and also how to use it. Without further ado, the first thing you would want to do is go into settings of your clock application in your smartphone and change it to the 24-hour format. If you have any separate applications for your alarm clock, make sure you make the necessary changes there too. If you own any digital clocks or radios, they should have a 24-hour format available too.

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so everybody wants to know what is the proper way to pronounce or write midnight in military time.Some people say 24:00 and others say 00:00 so which of these is the proper term.In the 24-hour time rotation, the day starts at midnight, 00:00, and the last minute of the day begins at 23:59. Where convenient, the notation 24:00 may also be used to refer to midnight at the end of a given date — that is, 24:00 of the current day is the same point in time as 00:00 of the following day.Here is a printable military time chart showing midnight in military time

You are watching an action thriller movie when suddenly the main character arranges to rendezvous at 1753 hrs. And you left scratching your head wondering what time that would be? Well no need for that anymore, welcome to military time.
Military time also known as the twenty-four-hour system originated from decans, an ancient Egyptian astronomical system. According to this system, each day had twenty-four hours that were measured from sunrise until the next morning to comprise a single day and three hundred days to make a year.

Over time humans have invented devices that keep track of time such as clocks. The oldest clock was based on the military time system by using obelisks to track the movement of the sun. With invention came newer and more accurate machines such as the mechanical clock which had a verge escapement and later on the pendulum clocks. There was a consensus that the day was made of twenty-four hours divided equally between night and day. As a result, the clock had twelve distinct markings on its face, with each day starting off at twelve midnight and the first complete round ending at twelve noon marking the day to be halfway gone, while another full circuit would bring the hour hand back to twelve midnight indicating the end of the day.

While the twelve-hour system is more entrenched in the civilian world, the twenty-four-hour system is mainly used by the military, law enforcement, and medical practitioners. This is because it is dimmed to be more accurate at recording the precise time when needed. This is as a result of confusion between AM or PM and midnight or noon when it comes to the twelve-hour system. Hence the adoption of this other cool system, let’s go ahead and learn how it works and how to tell military time.

Converting Twelve hours’ System to Military Time:

The military time system starts at 0000hrs pronounced as zero hundred hours. It’s important to note that the colon between hours and minutes that is usually found in the twelve-hour system in not used here instead, the minutes are listed directly after hours such as 0057 hours which is 12:57 am in the twelve-hour system.

To convert twelve-hour system time to military time, we only add 12 hours to the time if its PM example 2:00 PM becomes 12+2=14; therefore, 1400hours.we also add a zero at the beginning if it’s below ten AM example: 9:00 AM becomes 0900hours. The hours keep on adding up from the initial 0000 hours up to 2300 hours. This is different from the twelve-hour system that resets at 12noon to switch from AM to PM. This goes on until 2359 hours, and after one minute it resets to 0000hours to indicate the start of another day.

Speaking Military Time

It is important to note how to pronounce military time as it is different with the twelve-hour system. We usually include the suffix “hours” in areas where we would use “AM.” or “PM.” 12:30 PM becomes 1230 hours (twelve thirty hours) while 13:00 PM becomes 1300 hours (thirteen hundred hours) It is critical not to omit any zeroes that come in front of a number such as 0004 hrs., this should be pronounced as “zero zero zero four hours.” While 0400 hrs. Should be “zero four hundred hrs.” Also, if the last digit is zero, then it becomes paired with the number before it example,1230 hrs. Is “twelve thirty hours.”

Use of Zulu

Zulu is used in denoting the common time zone which is the Greenwich meridian time(GMT), this is the standard time zone used to regulate all of the clocks worldwide by determining whether the location is either ahead or behind the GMT.

Converting military time to twelve-hour system

The general principle applied is that, for all military time above 1259 hours you need to subtract twelve from the first two digits then add the colon between the second and third digit, finally add the suffix PM. example: 1405 hours becomes 14-12=2 therefore 12:05PM. For the time between 1200 hours and 1259 hours, only introduce a colon between the second and third digit and add the suffix PM in place of hours’ example,1215 hours becomes 12:15 PM For military time between 0100 hours up to 1159 hours directly introduce a colon between the second digit and the third digit. Where applicable remove the zero if it is the first digit and add a suffix AM in place of hours, example: 0345 hours becomes 3:45 AM. For the military time 0000hrs up to 0059 hours, remove the first two zeroes and replace them with 12, add a colon between the second and third digit and finally add the suffix AM in place of hours, example: 0045 hours becomes 12:45 AM

Conclusion

Military time not only sounds way cooler than twelve-hour system but it is also highly accurate. Go ahead and learn this easy way to tell military time and have fun

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Oops! What does this means? Changing your iPhone clock to the Military timing. Well, it has got nothing to do with you joining the army anytime soon nor you would be sent on a mission. Ah! A sigh of relief!

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Military time is nothing but to set your phone clock to 24-hours format instead of the usual AM/PM clock. The default clock to your iPhone device is a 12-hours clock with numbers from 00:00 to 11:59 followed by AM or PM, specifying morning or evening.

It’s a very easy job guys. We will take you to the instructions which will make it a child’s play.

So, in order to set the clock to 24-hours format, this is what you need to do:

1. After unlocking your screen, head towards “Settings” on your home screen.
2. Reach down for “General” and tap on it.
3. Select “Date and Time” to choose your pick.
4. Finally, tap on the 24-hours toggle, bringing it to ON-slide it to your right.

Now you can see the 24-hours clock on your lock screen and on the top bar of your device. Not only this, the preferred time format would be followed for all your apps installed.

To enable the 12-hours format, simply follow the above listed and select the same toggle to turn it off, sliding it towards your left.

Both actions do not require a system reboot. Immediate effect would take place as per your choice. The instructions remain same for all iPhone devices and across all iOS versions, regardless of the system software on which iPhone is running.

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Designating in military time has its own advantages. All the formal communications use the 24-hours format. For the simple reason that it does not leave any room for confusion. Don’t you agree? I can totally take your argument that it takes time to get used to “Fifteen Hundred Hours” as 3 PM. But once habitual, you would never retire to old method and make a mistake to get up in evening when the time to reach the meeting was 8 in the morning. Bad joke on my part!

Talking serious, when traveling to other countries where military time is used, this could be a boon to you. You can have “Set Automatically” ON. It will automatically adjust the time reported by your cellular network. This features adjusts to the time in accordance with the change in time zones. It is for obvious reasons, less of a work for you.

Just in case, the feature is turned off, you would be asked to set date and time manually. Here’s how:

1. Go to Settings and navigate to General option.
2. If “Set Automatically” is OFF: you see the field for changing your time zone and date and time.
3. Tap the Time Zone: it shows the current time zone and a virtual keyboard.
4. Start typing the name of the city or the country whose time zone you want to set.
5. Select your favorable city or country.

Always make sure that time zone is in sync with your current location. Else, many apps may stop functioning.

Moving on, make sure “Location Services” are enabled. Without location services, clock will not adjust to the proper time zone if you are relocated. This is the setting on your iPhone device:

1. Go to the Settings on your home screen.
2. Choose Location Services.
3. Scroll to System Services within Location Services.
4. Reach to Setting Time Zone option and scroll it to the right.
5. Exit out of the Settings thereafter.

Still, if you feel 12-hours format more convenient, you have got a shoulder to cry on. You may install a secondary app from App Store to set the timing of your apps and phone’s clock in different format. That’s huge, right! One such app is Flip Clock Free. Now you can enjoy both timing format as per your disposal.

IPhone never disappoints you with its longevity. FaceTime feature is a killer one. Apple’s spotlight is again a bang on! It gets you more and better options at anytime Google can do. And lets not get into its security. All of us know that iPhone is the most secured out of the lot in the market. No wonder, it holds a market share of approximately 43% in US. Huge numbers! Surely its a market ruler anytime and people never think twice before investing into it.

Hoping setting date and time took no time for you.Have a good and blissful Day!

This is a converted military time table

This military time minutes chart is printable or you can download the PDF good for doing payroll when you need to covert military time hours to decimals

Military time conversion chart for payroll

If you have been tired of the confusion that surrounds the 12-hour clock format, you are reading the right article at the right time. We are going to let you know more about the importance of using the 24-hour clock and how to convert military time to standard time. So read on to find out even more about this useful yet interesting topic.

Simpler Life

If you use a 24-hour clock format, you will be able to live a simpler life. This will allow you to avoid a lot of headaches in the future related to time. Your smartphone can be also a source of confusion when it comes to telling the time, but you should also take a close look at your alarm clock. You will be able to deal with different time zones quickly and easily if you use the famous 24-hour clock format. Stopping the madness that many times surrounds a 12-hour clock format is possible when you use the 24-hour clock format.

Europe and Army Time Converter

In Europe, the 24-hour clock format is the normal way of telling the time, but America uses a 12-hour clock format. Telling the time in the military format is quite simple. For instance, if you see something like 1500, you can say that it is 3:00 p.m. right away. This is simple arithmetic, which is truly useful in everyday life. In a 24-hour clock, the pm hours will have a sub-number or something like that. You need to bear this fact in mind so you can avoid tons of confusion over time.

Time Value

You need to deal with time values and not numbers in the 24-hour clock format. For instance, the number 1600 is not 1,600, as the former is just time value. Remember that you just need to add 12 to any pm hour out there. For instance, 4 pm will be 12+ 4 = 1600 hours. Easy, isn’t it? A little subtraction will allow you to convert from military time to civilian time. If 1500 is the time, 15 – 12 = 3 pm. With the 24-hour click format, you don’t have to use any kind of pm/am designation at all, which is pretty useful.

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The 24-hour format is superior to the 12-hour one. For instance, if you tell me that an important party will happen in ten hours, I will just add 10 to my 24-hour clock. If my current time is 8:00 a.m., I will have 1800. This is simplicity at its peak, and you will love it. Remember that the military time does not use the colon that is currently used in the 12-hour clock format out there. You need to remember that important +/- 12-hour conversion. This will make your life easier than just memorizing the conversion from time to time.

As you can see, the 24-hour clock for is quite simple. Though you might not find the 24-hour clock format better than the 12-hour clock format, the former is quite simple and efficient. This will allow the 24-hour clock format to survive over time, and the military will be reaping the benefits of this system more and more in the future. So what are you waiting for? Try the 24-hour clock format right now and start out a journey to a simpler life.