2000 Military Time
2000 = 8:00 PM
Spoken aloud: “twenty 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 2000 means
2000 is 8:00 PM. Military time writes the hour and the minutes as four digits with no colon, so the 20 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: 20 minus 12 is 8, so it is 8:00 PM.
Eight in the evening. Evening briefings and final formations tend to land here.
Saying 2000 out loud
You say “twenty hundred hours”. The word “hundred” is there because the minutes are zero; if it were 2030 you would say “twenty thirty hours” instead, and at 2005 it becomes “twenty oh five hours” — minutes below ten get an “oh”.
Common questions about 2000
What time is 2000 in regular time?
2000 is 8:00 PM on a 12-hour clock. The first two digits are the hour and the last two are the minutes, so 2000 means 8:00 PM exactly.
How do you say 2000 out loud?
2000 is spoken “twenty hundred hours”. The word “hundred” is used because the minutes are zero; at 2030 you would say “twenty thirty hours” instead.
Is 2000 AM or PM?
2000 is PM — it converts to 8:00 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.