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1500 Military Time

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1500 is 3:00 PM, said fifteen hundred hours.

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StandardMilitary
12:00 AM0000
1:00 AM0100
2:00 AM0200
3:00 AM0300
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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 1500 hour, every quarter

Military12-hourSaid as
15003:00 PMfifteen hundred hours
15153:15 PMfifteen fifteen
15303:30 PMfifteen thirty
15453:45 PMfifteen forty-five

What 1500 means on a shift

In nursing, policing and plants on a three-shift rotation, 1500 is the handover from days to evenings: 0700 to 1500, then 1500 to 2300, then 2300 to 0700. Schools finish around now, which is why 1500 to 1600 is a busy hour on the roads. For an 0800 start, 1500 is the last stretch before the end of the day at 1600 or 1700.

The mistake people make with 1500

1500 is 3 PM, not 5 PM. The five at the front is part of fifteen, and fifteen minus twelve is three. People sometimes read the second digit as the hour. Say the whole number: fifteen hundred.

1500 is 3:00 PM, spoken fifteen hundred hours. Fifteen minus twelve is three, in the afternoon. It is the end of the 7-to-3 day shift, roughly when the school day ends, and the beginning of the afternoon shift in services that run three turns.

Worked examples

1500 to standard
15 minus 12 is 3, PM: 3:00 PM.
3:00 PM to military
3 plus 12 is 15: 1500.
The 7-to-3 shift ends
0700 to 1500 is 8 hours. Handover to the 1500 to 2300 evening shift.

How it is calculated

1500 is 15 minus 12, which is 3 PM. 3 PM is 3 plus 12, which is 1500.

Questions people ask

What is 1500 in regular time?
3:00 PM.
How do you say 1500?
Fifteen hundred hours.
Is 1500 5 PM?
No. 5 PM is 1700. 1500 is 3 PM.
What is 1545 in standard time?
3:45 PM.
How many hours is 1500 to 2300?
8 hours, the evening shift.

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