1500 Military Time
1500 = 3:00 PM
Spoken aloud: “fifteen hundred hours”
Convert another time
Type in either box — it converts as you type. Accepts 1300, 13:00, 1:00 PM, 0000 and 2400.
What 1500 means
1500 is 3:00 PM. Military time writes the hour and the minutes as four digits with no colon, so the 15 is the hour and the 00 is the minutes. Because the hour is 13 or higher, subtract 12 to get the time on a normal clock: 15 minus 12 is 3, so it is 3:00 PM.
Three in the afternoon. A common hospital shift change: the evening shift runs 1500–2300.
Saying 1500 out loud
You say “fifteen hundred hours”. The word “hundred” is there because the minutes are zero; if it were 1530 you would say “fifteen thirty hours” instead, and at 1505 it becomes “fifteen oh five hours” — minutes below ten get an “oh”.
Common questions about 1500
What time is 1500 in regular time?
1500 is 3:00 PM on a 12-hour clock. The first two digits are the hour and the last two are the minutes, so 1500 means 3:00 PM exactly.
How do you say 1500 out loud?
1500 is spoken “fifteen hundred hours”. The word “hundred” is used because the minutes are zero; at 1530 you would say “fifteen thirty hours” instead.
Is 1500 AM or PM?
1500 is PM — it converts to 3:00 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.