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0200 Military Time

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0200 is 2:00 AM, said oh two hundred hours.

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12:00 AM0000
1:00 AM0100
2:00 AM0200
3:00 AM0300
4:00 AM0400
5:00 AM0500
6:00 AM0600
7:00 AM0700
8:00 AM0800
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10:00 AM1000
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12:00 PM1200
1:00 PM1300
2:00 PM1400
3:00 PM1500
4:00 PM1600
5:00 PM1700
6:00 PM1800
7:00 PM1900
8:00 PM2000
9:00 PM2100
10:00 PM2200
11:00 PM2300

PM hours 1–11 add 12; 12 PM stays 12; 12 AM becomes 00. Four digits, no colon: 1730 is 5:30 PM.

The 0200 hour, every quarter

Military12-hourSaid as
02002:00 AMoh two hundred hours
02152:15 AMoh two fifteen
02302:30 AMoh two thirty
02452:45 AMoh two forty-five

What 0200 means on a shift

In the US, clocks spring forward at 0200 in March, jumping straight to 0300, and fall back at 0200 in November, repeating 0100 to 0200. If you work a night shift on either of those nights, your card will show a 7-hour or 9-hour shift for the same scheduled hours. Payroll normally pays what was actually worked. Outside those two nights, 0200 is simply the third hour of a graveyard shift and the hour most bars have closed by.

The mistake people make with 0200

On the November change night, 0200 happens twice on the same date. A timesheet reading 0130 to 0230 could mean one hour or two. Most time clocks record the UTC offset to resolve it; a handwritten card cannot. Note which 0200 you mean, or write the shift against the clock before and after the change. Beyond daylight saving, 0200 has the usual leading-zero rule: it is 2 AM, not 2 PM, which is 1400.

0200 is 2:00 AM, spoken oh two hundred hours. It is a quiet hour for most people and a notable one for anyone running a 24-hour schedule, because it is the hour the United States uses to switch daylight saving time on and off.

Worked examples

2:00 AM to military
0200, oh two hundred hours. Keep the 2, pad it to 02.
2:45 AM to military
0245, said oh two forty-five.
A night shift on the spring-forward night
Scheduled 2300 to 0700. Clocks jump from 0200 to 0300, so only 7 hours pass on the clock. Most employers pay the 7 actually worked; check your policy.

How it is calculated

2 AM is already an hour of the 24-hour clock: 2:xx AM becomes 02xx. Back again, 02xx is 2:xx AM. No twelve to add or subtract for AM hours.

Questions people ask

What time is 0200 in regular time?
2:00 AM. The leading zero marks it as before noon.
Why is daylight saving time changed at 0200?
It was chosen as the hour least likely to disrupt anything: after most late-night activity and before early trains and shifts. The change happens at 0200 local time in each US time zone in turn.
How do I log a shift on the night the clocks change?
Record real clock-in and clock-out times and note the change. On the spring night, a 2300 to 0700 shift is 7 hours; on the fall night it is 9. Most employers pay hours actually worked, so the card should show them.
What is 0230 in standard time?
2:30 AM. Hour 02 is 2 AM; the minutes stay as they are.
Is 0200 the same as 2 PM?
No. 2 PM is 1400. Any time starting with 0 is in the morning.

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