1500 in military time is 3:00 PM. Military time runs from 0000 (midnight) to 2359 (11:59 PM). For any hour from 1300 onward, subtract 12 to get the AM/PM time — 1500 − 12 = 3, so 1500 is 3:00 PM. Convert any time in either direction below.
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Every hour of the 24-hour clock with its 12-hour equivalent and how it is said aloud.
| Military | 24-hour | 12-hour | Spoken |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0000 | 00:00 | 12:00 AM | zero hundred |
| 0100 | 01:00 | 1:00 AM | zero one hundred |
| 0200 | 02:00 | 2:00 AM | zero two hundred |
| 0300 | 03:00 | 3:00 AM | zero three hundred |
| 0400 | 04:00 | 4:00 AM | zero four hundred |
| 0500 | 05:00 | 5:00 AM | zero five hundred |
| 0600 | 06:00 | 6:00 AM | zero six hundred |
| 0700 | 07:00 | 7:00 AM | zero seven hundred |
| 0800 | 08:00 | 8:00 AM | zero eight hundred |
| 0900 | 09:00 | 9:00 AM | zero nine hundred |
| 1000 | 10:00 | 10:00 AM | ten hundred |
| 1100 | 11:00 | 11:00 AM | eleven hundred |
| Military | 24-hour | 12-hour | Spoken |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1200 | 12:00 | 12:00 PM | twelve hundred |
| 1300 | 13:00 | 1:00 PM | thirteen hundred |
| 1400 | 14:00 | 2:00 PM | fourteen hundred |
| 1500 | 15:00 | 3:00 PM | fifteen hundred |
| 1600 | 16:00 | 4:00 PM | sixteen hundred |
| 1700 | 17:00 | 5:00 PM | seventeen hundred |
| 1800 | 18:00 | 6:00 PM | eighteen hundred |
| 1900 | 19:00 | 7:00 PM | nineteen hundred |
| 2000 | 20:00 | 8:00 PM | twenty hundred |
| 2100 | 21:00 | 9:00 PM | twenty-one hundred |
| 2200 | 22:00 | 10:00 PM | twenty-two hundred |
| 2300 | 23:00 | 11:00 PM | twenty-three hundred |
Minutes past the hour as decimal hours — the format payroll systems expect. 15 minutes is 0.25 hours, 30 is 0.50, 45 is 0.75.
| Min | Decimal |
|---|---|
| 0 | 0.00 |
| 1 | 0.02 |
| 2 | 0.03 |
| 3 | 0.05 |
| 4 | 0.07 |
| 5 | 0.08 |
| 6 | 0.10 |
| 7 | 0.12 |
| 8 | 0.13 |
| 9 | 0.15 |
| 10 | 0.17 |
| 11 | 0.18 |
| 12 | 0.20 |
| 13 | 0.22 |
| 14 | 0.23 |
| Min | Decimal |
|---|---|
| 15 | 0.25 |
| 16 | 0.27 |
| 17 | 0.28 |
| 18 | 0.30 |
| 19 | 0.32 |
| 20 | 0.33 |
| 21 | 0.35 |
| 22 | 0.37 |
| 23 | 0.38 |
| 24 | 0.40 |
| 25 | 0.42 |
| 26 | 0.43 |
| 27 | 0.45 |
| 28 | 0.47 |
| 29 | 0.48 |
| Min | Decimal |
|---|---|
| 30 | 0.50 |
| 31 | 0.52 |
| 32 | 0.53 |
| 33 | 0.55 |
| 34 | 0.57 |
| 35 | 0.58 |
| 36 | 0.60 |
| 37 | 0.62 |
| 38 | 0.63 |
| 39 | 0.65 |
| 40 | 0.67 |
| 41 | 0.68 |
| 42 | 0.70 |
| 43 | 0.72 |
| 44 | 0.73 |
| Min | Decimal |
|---|---|
| 45 | 0.75 |
| 46 | 0.77 |
| 47 | 0.78 |
| 48 | 0.80 |
| 49 | 0.82 |
| 50 | 0.83 |
| 51 | 0.85 |
| 52 | 0.87 |
| 53 | 0.88 |
| 54 | 0.90 |
| 55 | 0.92 |
| 56 | 0.93 |
| 57 | 0.95 |
| 58 | 0.97 |
| 59 | 0.98 |
What time is 1500 in military time?
1500 = 3:00 PM
12-hour (AM/PM)
3:00 PM
24-hour clock: 15:00
Military time
1500
Say it as “15 00 hours”
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The 12-hour format uses AM and PM to split the day, with 12 o'clock appearing twice. The 24-hour format — what the military, healthcare, aviation, and most countries use — runs continuously from 00:00 to 23:59, so there is never any ambiguity about morning or evening. To convert a PM time to 24-hour, add 12 to the hour: 3:30 PM becomes 15:30. Midnight is 00:00 and noon is 12:00.
Military time is spoken in hundreds: 0800 is “zero eight hundred,” 1500 is “fifteen hundred,” and 2200 is “twenty-two hundred.” Minutes are read as digits — 1345 is “thirteen forty-five.”
UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) is the reference every time zone is offset from; GMT is the zone at 0° longitude and keeps the same clock time as UTC. If a call is at 14:00 UTC and you are in UTC−5, it is 9:00 AM your time. Because 24-hour and military notation remove AM/PM guesswork, they pair naturally with UTC for scheduling across regions.
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1500 in military time is 3:00 PM. Military time counts hours from 0000 (midnight) to 2300 (11:00 PM). For any afternoon or evening time, subtract 12 from the hours to get the 12-hour equivalent: 15 − 12 = 3, so 1500 = 3:00 PM.
For 0000–1159, the time is the same AM time (0930 = 9:30 AM), except 0000 which is 12:00 AM (midnight). For 1200, it stays 12:00 PM (noon). For 1300–2300, subtract 12 hours and add PM: 1830 becomes 6:30 PM.
Yes — military time is the 24-hour clock. The main difference is style: the military writes and says times without a colon ("fifteen hundred" for 1500), while the 24-hour clock used in most of the world writes it with a colon as 15:00.
UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) is the global time standard that every time zone is measured against; GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) is the time zone at 0° longitude and is effectively the same clock time as UTC. A time like 14:00 UTC means it is 9:00 AM in New York (UTC−5) or 3:00 PM in Paris (UTC+1). Military and 24-hour formats are often used alongside UTC to avoid AM/PM confusion across zones.
Hours below 10 get a leading zero: 6:00 AM is 0600 ("zero six hundred"), and 9:45 AM is 0945. Midnight is 0000 and one minute past midnight is 0001.
The full 0000–2359 conversion chart with AM/PM equivalents and minutes as decimal hours — free to print or download as PDF.
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