1200 Military Time
1200 = 12:00 PM
Spoken aloud: “twelve hundred hours”
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Type in either box — it converts as you type. Accepts 1300, 13:00, 1:00 PM, 0000 and 2400.
What 1200 means
1200 is 12:00 PM. Military time writes the hour and the minutes as four digits with no colon, so the 12 is the hour and the 00 is the minutes. Twelve is the one hour that is the same in both formats — 1200 is noon, not midnight.
Noon. This is the one that trips people up: midday is 1200, never 0000 and never 2400.
Saying 1200 out loud
You say “twelve hundred hours”. The word “hundred” is there because the minutes are zero; if it were 1230 you would say “twelve thirty hours” instead, and at 1205 it becomes “twelve oh five hours” — minutes below ten get an “oh”.
Common questions about 1200
What time is 1200 in regular time?
1200 is 12:00 PM on a 12-hour clock. The first two digits are the hour and the last two are the minutes, so 1200 means 12:00 PM exactly.
How do you say 1200 out loud?
1200 is spoken “twelve hundred hours”. The word “hundred” is used because the minutes are zero; at 1230 you would say “twelve thirty hours” instead.
Is 1200 AM or PM?
1200 is PM — it converts to 12:00 PM. 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.