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Military Time Converter
Military Time Converter is part of Toolspire and is ready as soon as this page loads. Midnight is 00:00, which is 12:00 AM. Noon is 12:00, which is 12:00 PM. 14:30 is 2:30 PM. Hours stop at 23.
On this page
What you can do here
Colon optional
1430 and 14:30 parse as the same time. A single digit hour needs the colon, as in 9:05.
Midnight and noon named
The two hours people swap, 00 and 12, are mapped to 12 AM and 12 PM on purpose.
24-hour echo
The detail prints the zero-padded 24-hour form so a 1430 entry is confirmed as 14:30.
The sequence
How to use the Military Time Converter
- 1
Type the hour from 00 to 23
Military clocks do not use 24:00 for midnight. Use 00:00.
- 2
Keep minutes from 00 to 59
14:60 is not 15:00 on this page. It is an invalid time.
- 3
Read AM and PM from the hour, not from habit
Anything from 12:00 up to 23:59 is PM. Anything from 00:00 up to 11:59 is AM.
Worth knowing
- Military Time Converter on Toolspire: 14:30 is 2:30 PM. The hour minus 12 is the afternoon hour, and the minutes stay.
- 00:15 is 12:15 AM. The zero hour is 12 in the morning, not 0 AM.
- 12:00 is 12:00 PM. Noon keeps the 12 and takes PM. It is not 0 PM.
- Both 14:30 and 1430 are accepted. 24:00 and 14:60 are rejected.
Where 12 goes
A 24-hour hour maps to a 12-hour hour by taking the remainder after dividing by 12, except that remainder 0 is written as 12. The suffix is PM when the original hour is 12 or more, and AM otherwise. That single rule fixes both noon and midnight. The page does not convert a duration, and it does not apply a time zone.
FAQ
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