10AM to Military Time

10AM = 1000

Spoken aloud: “ten hundred hours”

Convert another time

Type in either box — it converts as you type. Accepts 1300, 13:00, 1:00 PM, 0000 and 2400.

How 10AM becomes 1000

10:00 AM in military time is 1000. It is a morning time, so the hour stays exactly as it is — you only pad it with a leading zero and drop the colon, giving 1000.

Ten in the morning, the first hour of the day whose military form needs no leading zero.

Writing it down

Four digits, no colon, no AM or PM: 1000. Spoken, that is “ten hundred hours”. If minutes are involved, they slot straight in without any change — 10:45 AM is 1045.

Common questions about 1000

What is 10AM in military time?

10AM in military time is 1000. It is an AM hour, so the hour stays the same and only gains a leading zero.

How do you say 1000 out loud?

1000 is spoken “ten hundred hours”. The word “hundred” is used because the minutes are zero; at 1030 you would say “ten thirty hours” instead.

Is 1000 AM or PM?

1000 is AM — it converts to 10:00 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.