0240 military time is 2:40 AM
0240 is 2:40 AM on a twelve hour clock, the small hours. Spoken aloud it is zero two forty.
Military
0240
zero two forty
12 hour clock
2:40 AM
the small hours
Minutes past midnight
160
11.1% through the day
0240 · 02:40 in 24 hour notation · 2:40 AM in 12 hour notation
What is 0240 in regular time?
2:40 AM. Hours below 1200 map straight across, so 0240 is simply 2:40 in the morning. Military time never uses a colon and never uses AM or PM, because the hour alone says which half of the day you mean.
How do you say 0240?
"zero two forty". Minutes are read as a number after the hour, with no "hundred" and no "oh" before a two digit value. The leading zero is spoken as "zero", which is what distinguishes it from a twelve hour reading.
2:40 AM in military time
The other direction: 2:40 AM is 0240. Morning times keep their hour and gain a leading zero if it is a single digit. Either way the minutes never change.
Questions
- What is 0240 in military time?
- 0240 is 2:40 AM.
- How is 0240 spoken?
- zero two forty.
- What is 2:40 AM in military time?
- 0240.
- Does military time use AM and PM?
- No. The hour runs 00 to 23, so the notation is already unambiguous and needs no suffix.
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