How to Calculate Military Time
- 1). 00 hundred hours is 12 a.m in military time.
- 2). From midnight 12:00 (00) a.m. to 12:00 p.m. noon use the standard numeric values on a regular clock or watch (1-12) to tell military time. The military tells time in hundreds of hours.
- 3). When 1 p.m. comes along this is where the conversion needs to take place to calulate military time. 1:00 p.m. standard time is 13:00 hours
military time. - 4). The calculation of simple military time is "hours p.m." - "12." This calculation equals standard time.
- 5). 1st Ex:
To calculate 13:00 hours into standard time:
13:00 - 12 = 1:00 P.M.
2nd Ex:
19:00 hours - 12 = 7:00 P.M.
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