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0500 Military Time

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0500 is 5:00 AM, said oh five hundred hours.

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

The 0500 hour, every quarter

Military12-hourSaid as
05005:00 AMoh five hundred hours
05155:15 AMoh five fifteen
05305:30 AMoh five thirty
05455:45 AMoh five forty-five

What 0500 means on a shift

Oh dark thirty, the joke for an unreasonably early hour, comes from times like 0530 being read aloud: the zero is said as oh, and it is still dark. A 0500 to 1330 shift is the standard early turn in a lot of manufacturing. Transit systems run their first services around now, and anyone working a 0500 start is usually finished by mid-afternoon.

The mistake people make with 0500

5 AM and 5 PM are both big shift markers: one starts the early turn, the other ends the office day. In military time 5 AM is 0500 and 5 PM is 1700. The error people make is reading 0500 as five o'clock and then assuming the familiar evening one. The leading zero says morning every time.

0500 is 5:00 AM, spoken oh five hundred hours. It is the classic early start: physical training in the services, first shift in many factories and warehouses, and the hour many people set an alarm for a long commute.

Worked examples

5:00 AM to military
0500, oh five hundred hours.
5:30 AM to military
0530, said oh five thirty. This is the time behind the phrase oh dark thirty.
An early turn
0500 to 1330 with a 30-minute unpaid break is 8 hours 30 minutes on the clock, 8 paid.

How it is calculated

5 AM becomes 05xx; the minutes do not change. 05xx is 5:xx AM. The 5 PM counterpart is 1700.

Questions people ask

What is 0500 in regular time?
5:00 AM.
What does oh dark thirty mean?
It is military slang for a very early, still-dark hour, typically something like 0530. The oh is how the leading zero is said.
How do you say 0500?
Oh five hundred hours.
What is 0545 in standard time?
5:45 AM.
Is 0500 5 PM?
No, 5 PM is 1700.

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