0800 Military Time

What 0800 means

0800 is 8:00 AM. Military time writes the hour and the minutes as four digits with no colon, so the 08 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.

Eight in the morning. Colors, when the flag goes up — and the hour most civilian shifts begin.

Saying 0800 out loud

You say “zero eight hundred hours”. The word “hundred” is there because the minutes are zero; if it were 0830 you would say “zero eight thirty hours” instead, and at 0805 it becomes “zero eight oh five hours” — minutes below ten get an “oh”.

Common questions about 0800

What time is 0800 in regular time?

0800 is 8:00 AM on a 12-hour clock. The first two digits are the hour and the last two are the minutes, so 0800 means 8:00 AM exactly.

How do you say 0800 out loud?

0800 is spoken “zero eight hundred hours”. The word “hundred” is used because the minutes are zero; at 0830 you would say “zero eight thirty hours” instead.

Is 0800 AM or PM?

0800 is AM — it converts to 8:00 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.