0800 military time is 8:00 AM

0800 is 8:00 AM on a twelve hour clock, the morning. Spoken aloud it is zero eight hundred hours.

What is 0800 in regular time?

8:00 AM. Hours below 1200 map straight across, so 0800 is simply 8:00 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 0800?

"zero eight 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.

8:00 AM in military time

The other direction: 8:00 AM is 0800. 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 0800 in military time?

0800 is 8:00 AM.

How is 0800 spoken?

zero eight hundred hours.

What is 8:00 AM in military time?

0800.

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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