1240 military time is 12:40 PM
1240 is 12:40 PM on a twelve hour clock, the afternoon. Spoken aloud it is twelve forty.
Military
1240
twelve forty
12 hour clock
12:40 PM
the afternoon
Minutes past midnight
760
52.8% through the day
1240 · 12:40 in 24 hour notation · 12:40 PM in 12 hour notation
What is 1240 in regular time?
12:40 PM. For hours from 1200 onward you subtract twelve: 12 minus 12 gives 12, so 1240 is 12:40 PM. 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 1240?
"twelve forty". Minutes are read as a number after the hour, with no "hundred" and no "oh" before a two digit value.
12:40 PM in military time
The other direction: 12:40 PM is 1240. Afternoon and evening times add twelve to the hour, so 12 PM becomes 12. Either way the minutes never change.
Questions
- What is 1240 in military time?
- 1240 is 12:40 PM.
- How is 1240 spoken?
- twelve forty.
- What is 12:40 PM in military time?
- 1240.
- 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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