1800 Military Time
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1800 is 6:00 PM, said eighteen hundred hours.
- Said
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- 24-hour
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- Standard
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- Minutes
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| Standard | Military |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 0000 |
| 1:00 AM | 0100 |
| 2:00 AM | 0200 |
| 3:00 AM | 0300 |
| 4:00 AM | 0400 |
| 5:00 AM | 0500 |
| 6:00 AM | 0600 |
| 7:00 AM | 0700 |
| 8:00 AM | 0800 |
| 9:00 AM | 0900 |
| 10:00 AM | 1000 |
| 11:00 AM | 1100 |
| Standard | Military |
|---|---|
| 12:00 PM | 1200 |
| 1:00 PM | 1300 |
| 2:00 PM | 1400 |
| 3:00 PM | 1500 |
| 4:00 PM | 1600 |
| 5:00 PM | 1700 |
| 6:00 PM | 1800 |
| 7:00 PM | 1900 |
| 8:00 PM | 2000 |
| 9:00 PM | 2100 |
| 10:00 PM | 2200 |
| 11:00 PM | 2300 |
The 1800 hour, every quarter
What 1800 means on a shift
Retail and hospitality run 1000 to 1800 as a standard day. Evening classes, sports practice and events typically start at 1800 or 1830. For anyone on the 2-to-10 second shift, 1800 is halfway. It is also the hour at which, in the US, most time zones have passed the evening rush and traffic eases.
The mistake people make with 1800
1800 and 0600 are the most commonly swapped pair in all of military time, because 6 AM and 6 PM are both so familiar. The rule is the first digit: 0 means morning, 1 or 2 means afternoon or evening. 1800 is 6 PM. 6 AM is 0600. Twelve hours apart.
1800 is 6:00 PM, spoken eighteen hundred hours. Eighteen minus twelve is six, in the evening. It is dinner time for most of the country, the end of a 1000 to 1800 retail shift, and the hour many evening events begin.
Worked examples
- 1800 to standard
- 18 minus 12 is 6, PM: 6:00 PM.
- 6:00 PM to military
- 6 plus 12 is 18: 1800, eighteen hundred hours.
- The retail day
- 1000 to 1800 is 8 hours.
How it is calculated
1800 is 18 minus 12, which is 6 PM. 6 PM is 6 plus 12, which is 1800. The minutes carry across: 1830 is 6:30 PM.
Questions people ask
- What is 1800 in regular time?
- 6:00 PM.
- How do you say 1800 in military time?
- Eighteen hundred hours.
- Is 1800 6 AM or 6 PM?
- 6 PM. 6 AM is 0600. A time starting with 1 or 2 is after noon.
- What is 1830 in standard time?
- 6:30 PM.
- How many hours is 1000 to 1800?
- 8 hours.
- What is 1800 in EST?
- Military time is written in whatever zone the schedule is in. 1800 EST is 6 PM Eastern; it is 1500 Pacific and 2300 UTC in winter.
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