0300 Military Time

What 0300 means

0300 is 3:00 AM. Military time writes the hour and the minutes as four digits with no colon, so the 03 is the hour and the 00 is the minutes. The hour is below 12, so it is a morning time and the hour does not change — the leading zero is just padding to keep every time four digits long.

Three in the morning, usually the quietest stretch of a hospital night shift and the tail end of the mid watch.

Saying 0300 out loud

You say “zero three hundred hours”. The word “hundred” is there because the minutes are zero; if it were 0330 you would say “zero three thirty hours” instead, and at 0305 it becomes “zero three oh five hours” — minutes below ten get an “oh”.

Common questions about 0300

What time is 0300 in regular time?

0300 is 3:00 AM on a 12-hour clock. The first two digits are the hour and the last two are the minutes, so 0300 means 3:00 AM exactly.

How do you say 0300 out loud?

0300 is spoken “zero three hundred hours”. The word “hundred” is used because the minutes are zero; at 0330 you would say “zero three thirty hours” instead.

Is 0300 AM or PM?

0300 is AM — it converts to 3:00 AM. Military time has no AM or PM at all: every hour from 0000 to 2300 has its own number, which is the whole point of the format.