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1200 Military Time = 12:00 PM (Noon)
Answer
1200 = 12:00 PM
“twelve hundred hours”
Hour 12 is the noon hour, so 1200 = 12:00 PM.
- Military time
- 1200
- 24-hour clock
- 12:00
- 12-hour time
- 12:00 PM (Noon)
- Said aloud
- twelve hundred hours
- Minutes since midnight
- 720
- Time until midnight
- 12 h 0 min
Enter 3–4 digits, e.g. 0800, 1430, 2359
Valid timeEnter the time and choose AM or PM
Converted result
Spoken: twelve hundred hours
Looking for the AM time?
12:00 AM is 0000 in military time
How to Convert 1200 to Standard Time
1200 converts to 12:00 PM in 3 steps:
- 1200 falls between 1200 and 1259, so the hour stays 12.
- Insert a colon before the last two digits: 12:00.
- Add PM, because the 12 o'clock hour after noon is PM: 12:00 PM.
To go the other way, 12:00 PM becomes 1200: keep 12 for the noon hour, then remove the colon.
1200 Across U.S. Time Zones
When it is 1200 Eastern time, it is 1100 Central, 1000 Mountain and 0900 Pacific. Zulu (UTC) depends on daylight saving time.
| Time zone | Military time | Standard time |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern (ET) | 1200 | 12:00 PM |
| Central (CT) | 1100 | 11:00 AM |
| Mountain (MT) | 1000 | 10:00 AM |
| Pacific (PT) | 0900 | 9:00 AM |
| Alaska (AKT) | 0800 | 8:00 AM |
| Zulu / UTC (winter, EST) | 1700Z | 5:00 PM |
| Zulu / UTC (summer, EDT) | 1600Z | 4:00 PM |
Convert other zones with the military time zone converter.
How to Say 1200
1200 is said “twelve hundred hours” in formal military use. Casual speech drops “hours”: “twelve hundred.” Written in 24-hour clock style, 1200 is 12:00.
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1200 military time: FAQ
What time is 1200 in military time?
1200 is 12:00 PM (Noon) in standard 12-hour time. Hour 12 is the noon hour, so 1200 = 12:00 PM.
What is 12:00 PM in military time?
12:00 PM is 1200 in military time, written 12:00 on a 24-hour clock.
How do you say 1200 in military time?
1200 is said “twelve hundred hours”.
Is 1200 AM or PM?
1200 is PM: 12:00 PM. The same minutes in the other half of the day, 12:00 AM, are 0000.
See every time in the military time chart, or convert any other time with themilitary time converter.