AM · night (early morning)
0400 Military Time = 4:00 AM
Answer
0400 = 4:00 AM
“zero four hundred hours”
Hours 01–11 are morning hours: drop the leading zero and add AM, so 0400 = 4:00 AM.
- Military time
- 0400
- 24-hour clock
- 04:00
- 12-hour time
- 4:00 AM
- Said aloud
- zero four hundred hours
- Minutes since midnight
- 240
- Time until midnight
- 20 h 0 min
Enter 3–4 digits, e.g. 0800, 1430, 2359
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Converted result
Spoken: zero four hundred hours
Looking for the PM time?
4:00 PM is 1600 in military time
How to Convert 0400 to Standard Time
0400 converts to 4:00 AM in 3 steps:
- 0400 falls between 0100 and 1159, so drop the leading zero: 400.
- Insert a colon before the last two digits: 4:00.
- Add AM, because hours 01 to 11 are morning: 4:00 AM.
To go the other way, 4:00 AM becomes 0400: add a leading zero to 4, then remove the colon.
0400 Across U.S. Time Zones
When it is 0400 Eastern time, it is 0300 Central, 0200 Mountain and 0100 Pacific. Zulu (UTC) depends on daylight saving time.
| Time zone | Military time | Standard time |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern (ET) | 0400 | 4:00 AM |
| Central (CT) | 0300 | 3:00 AM |
| Mountain (MT) | 0200 | 2:00 AM |
| Pacific (PT) | 0100 | 1:00 AM |
| Alaska (AKT) | 0000 | 12:00 AM |
| Zulu / UTC (winter, EST) | 0900Z | 9:00 AM |
| Zulu / UTC (summer, EDT) | 0800Z | 8:00 AM |
Convert other zones with the military time zone converter.
How to Say 0400
0400 is said “zero four hundred hours” in formal military use. Casual speech drops “hours” and often replaces “zero” with “oh”: “oh four hundred.” Written in 24-hour clock style, 0400 is 04:00.
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0400 military time: FAQ
What time is 0400 in military time?
0400 is 4:00 AM in standard 12-hour time. Hours 01–11 are morning hours: drop the leading zero and add AM, so 0400 = 4:00 AM.
What is 4:00 AM in military time?
4:00 AM is 0400 in military time, written 04:00 on a 24-hour clock.
How do you say 0400 in military time?
0400 is said “zero four hundred hours”.
Is 0400 AM or PM?
0400 is AM: 4:00 AM. The same minutes in the other half of the day, 4:00 PM, are 1600.
See every time in the military time chart, or convert any other time with themilitary time converter.