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0800 Military Time

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0800 is 8:00 AM, said oh eight hundred hours.

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12:00 AM0000
1:00 AM0100
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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 0800 hour, every quarter

Military12-hourSaid as
08008:00 AMoh eight hundred hours
08158:15 AMoh eight fifteen
08308:30 AMoh eight thirty
08458:45 AMoh eight forty-five

What 0800 means on a shift

0800 hours in a military or official document simply means 8 AM; the word hours is added when the time is spoken or written out in full. The 8-to-4 shift is 0800 to 1600, exactly 8 hours. The 8-to-5 day is 0800 to 1700 with an hour's lunch, also 8 paid hours. Schools, government offices and most trades start the day around 0800, which is why the morning commute peaks just before it.

The mistake people make with 0800

The one people miss is the leading zero in writing. 800 hours reads as a quantity: eight hundred hours of something. 0800 hours is a time. On forms that only have three boxes, write the zero anyway or spell out 8 AM. The evening eight is 2000, which is 8 plus 12.

0800 is 8:00 AM, spoken oh eight hundred hours. It is the most common start to a standard working day and the time you will see on more schedules, reporting instructions and meeting invitations than any other morning hour.

Worked examples

8:00 AM to military
0800, oh eight hundred hours.
8:30 AM to military
0830, said oh eight thirty.
The 8-to-5 day
0800 to 1700 with an hour's unpaid lunch is 9 hours on the clock, 8 paid. 0800 to 1600 with no deduction is 8 straight.

How it is calculated

8 AM becomes 08xx. 08xx is 8:xx AM. Add twelve for the evening: 8 PM is 2000.

Questions people ask

What does 0800 hours mean?
8:00 AM. Saying hours after a military time is how it is read aloud; it does not change the time.
How many hours is 0800 to 1700?
9 hours on the clock. With a 1-hour unpaid lunch it is 8 paid hours, the standard 8-to-5 day.
How many hours is 0800 to 1600?
8 hours, the 8-to-4 shift.
Is 0800 8 PM?
No, 8 PM is 2000.
What is 0845 in standard time?
8:45 AM.

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