Military Time Converter
Convert between 12-hour clock time and 24-hour military time, in either direction.
Direction
Enter a time above to convert it.
Converted in your browser. Nothing you enter is uploaded.
How to convert to or from military time
Type a time
Enter a 12-hour time like 2:30 PM or a 24-hour value like 1430. The direction is detected automatically.
Override the direction if needed
Use the direction buttons to force 12-hour to 24-hour or 24-hour to 12-hour if the input is ambiguous.
Read the converted time
The converted time appears immediately, along with both formats and a spoken-word reading.
Copy or check the reference table
Click Copy converted time to copy the result, or scan the full 24-hour reference table below.
Why use this tool
Converts in either direction
Enter a 12-hour time or a 24-hour military time and the tool works out which one it is and converts to the other.
Auto-detects the direction
An AM or PM suffix is read as a 12-hour time, and bare digits or a plain HH:MM are read as 24-hour time, with no mode to set for the common case.
Manual override for ambiguous input
Two direction buttons force 12-hour to 24-hour or 24-hour to 12-hour conversion when the automatic detection is not what you meant.
Spoken form included
Every result includes how the time would be read aloud, such as "fourteen thirty" or "six hundred," in the style used over radio and in aviation.
Full 24-hour reference table
A compact table lists every hour of the day in 24-hour, 12-hour, and spoken form for quick lookup.
Private by design
Every conversion happens in your browser. The time you enter is never uploaded or stored.
About this tool
Military time is the 24-hour clock written as four digits with no colon and no AM or PM, so 2:30 PM becomes 1430 and 9:05 AM becomes 0905. This tool converts a time typed in either style to the other. Type a 12-hour time with an AM or PM suffix, such as 2:30 PM, and it becomes 1430; type a 24-hour value, such as 1430 or 14:30, and it becomes 2:30 PM. The direction is detected from the shape of what you typed, and two buttons are available to force a direction when the input could be read either way.
Alongside the converted time, the result shows both the 24-hour and 12-hour forms together with a spoken-word reading, such as "fourteen thirty" for 1430 or "six hundred" for 0600, in the style used over radio, in aviation, and by emergency services. A compact reference table below the converter lists every hour of the day from 0000 to 2300 in all three forms, useful for a quick lookup without typing anything.
The whole conversion runs in your browser, so the time you enter is never uploaded or stored. To add or subtract a duration from a clock time, use the time adder; to work out a time in a different time zone, use the timezone converter; and to convert the same moment into several date formats at once, use the date format converter.
Frequently asked questions
- How does military time differ from 12-hour time?
- Military time uses the 24-hour clock written as four digits with no colon and no AM or PM, counting from 0000 at midnight to 2359 just before the next midnight, instead of repeating 1 through 12 twice a day.
- How does the tool know which direction to convert?
- A time ending in AM or PM is read as a 12-hour time and converted to 24-hour, while bare digits or a plain HH:MM with no AM or PM are read as 24-hour and converted to 12-hour. The direction buttons override this when needed.
- What does the spoken form mean?
- It is how the 24-hour time would typically be read aloud, such as "fourteen thirty" for 1430 or "six hundred" for 0600, the style used over radio, in aviation, and by emergency services.
- What formats can I type in?
- A 12-hour time with an AM or PM suffix, such as 2:30 PM, or a 24-hour time as either a colon format like 14:30 or bare digits like 1430.
- Is the time I enter uploaded anywhere?
- No. The conversion happens entirely in your browser, and nothing you type is sent to a server.
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