4PM to Military Time
4PM = 1600
Spoken aloud: “sixteen 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 4PM becomes 1600
4:00 PM in military time is 1600. It is an afternoon or evening time, so you add 12 to the hour: 4 plus 12 is 16. Then drop the colon and the PM, and you have 1600.
Four in the afternoon. End of the standard duty day for many units, and the start of the first dog watch.
Writing it down
Four digits, no colon, no AM or PM: 1600. Spoken, that is “sixteen hundred hours”. If minutes are involved, they slot straight in without any change — 4:45 PM is 1645.
Common questions about 1600
What is 4PM in military time?
4PM in military time is 1600. It is a PM hour, so you add 12 to the hour and drop the colon.
How do you say 1600 out loud?
1600 is spoken “sixteen hundred hours”. The word “hundred” is used because the minutes are zero; at 1630 you would say “sixteen thirty hours” instead.
Is 1600 AM or PM?
1600 is PM — it converts to 4:00 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.