0400 military time is 4:00 AM

0400 is 4:00 AM on a twelve hour clock, the small hours. Spoken aloud it is zero four hundred hours.

What is 0400 in regular time?

4:00 AM. Hours below 1200 map straight across, so 0400 is simply 4:00 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 0400?

"zero four hundred hours". Times on the hour take "hundred", so the trailing zeros are spoken rather than skipped. The leading zero is spoken as "zero", which is what distinguishes it from a twelve hour reading.

4:00 AM in military time

The other direction: 4:00 AM is 0400. 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 0400 in military time?

0400 is 4:00 AM.

How is 0400 spoken?

zero four hundred hours.

What is 4:00 AM in military time?

0400.

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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