0500 Military Time
0500 = 5:00 AM
Spoken aloud: “zero five hundred hours”
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What 0500 means
0500 is 5:00 AM. Military time writes the hour and the minutes as four digits with no colon, so the 05 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.
Five in the morning — early enough for first formation and PT on many Army posts.
Saying 0500 out loud
You say “zero five hundred hours”. The word “hundred” is there because the minutes are zero; if it were 0530 you would say “zero five thirty hours” instead, and at 0505 it becomes “zero five oh five hours” — minutes below ten get an “oh”.
Common questions about 0500
What time is 0500 in regular time?
0500 is 5:00 AM on a 12-hour clock. The first two digits are the hour and the last two are the minutes, so 0500 means 5:00 AM exactly.
How do you say 0500 out loud?
0500 is spoken “zero five hundred hours”. The word “hundred” is used because the minutes are zero; at 0530 you would say “zero five thirty hours” instead.
Is 0500 AM or PM?
0500 is AM — it converts to 5:00 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.