1700 Military Time
1700 = 5:00 PM
Spoken aloud: “seventeen hundred hours”
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What 1700 means
1700 is 5:00 PM. Military time writes the hour and the minutes as four digits with no colon, so the 17 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: 17 minus 12 is 5, so it is 5:00 PM.
Five in the afternoon — civilian quitting time, with retreat sounded not long after on post.
Saying 1700 out loud
You say “seventeen hundred hours”. The word “hundred” is there because the minutes are zero; if it were 1730 you would say “seventeen thirty hours” instead, and at 1705 it becomes “seventeen oh five hours” — minutes below ten get an “oh”.
Common questions about 1700
What time is 1700 in regular time?
1700 is 5:00 PM on a 12-hour clock. The first two digits are the hour and the last two are the minutes, so 1700 means 5:00 PM exactly.
How do you say 1700 out loud?
1700 is spoken “seventeen hundred hours”. The word “hundred” is used because the minutes are zero; at 1730 you would say “seventeen thirty hours” instead.
Is 1700 AM or PM?
1700 is PM — it converts to 5:00 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.