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0600 Military Time

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0600 is 6:00 AM, said oh six 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 0600 hour, every quarter

Military12-hourSaid as
06006:00 AMoh six hundred hours
06156:15 AMoh six fifteen
06306:30 AMoh six thirty
06456:45 AMoh six forty-five

What 0600 means on a shift

First shift in hospitals, warehouses and manufacturing is very often 0600 to 1430 or 0600 to 1400. School bus drivers, road crews and anyone opening a site for a 0700 start are on by now. On a card, 0600 pairs naturally with 1400 for an 8-hour day or 1430 with a half-hour unpaid break. It is also when many night shifts begin to hand over.

The mistake people make with 0600

0600 and 1800 are the hours most often swapped by people new to military time, because 6 AM and 6 PM are both so common: one starts the working day and one ends it. The two differ by exactly twelve: 6 AM is 0600, 6 PM is 6 plus 12, which is 1800. If you see a 6 with a leading zero, it is morning.

0600 is 6:00 AM, spoken oh six hundred hours. It is the hour most associated with the military day: reveille sounds at or near 0600 on many bases, and a lot of civilian first shifts begin here too.

Worked examples

6:00 AM to military
0600, oh six hundred hours. Reveille.
6:30 AM to military
0630, said oh six thirty.
First shift
0600 to 1430 with a 30-minute unpaid break: 8 hours 30 minutes on the clock, 8 paid.

How it is calculated

6 AM becomes 06xx. 06xx is 6:xx AM. The evening 6 o'clock is 1800, twelve hours later.

Questions people ask

What is 0600 in regular time?
6:00 AM.
What time is reveille?
It varies by base and service, but 0600 is the traditional hour and the one most people mean.
How do you say 0600?
Oh six hundred hours.
Is 0600 6 PM?
No. 6 PM is 1800. The leading zero means morning.
What is 0615 in standard time?
6:15 AM.

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