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Military Time Converter

0900 military time is 9:00 AM

0900 in military time is 9:00 AM, in the morning. It is said “zero nine hundred”.

Military time like 1730 or 0930, or standard time like 5:30 pm.

Military time
0900
Standard time
9:00 AM
In the morning
Say it
“zero nine hundred”, informally “oh nine hundred”
24-hour clock
09:00

How to convert 0900 to standard time

  1. The hour is 09, which is less than 12, so the time is AM (before noon).
  2. Drop the leading zero (09 becomes 9), keep the minutes (00) and add AM: 9:00 AM.

And the other way: 9:00 AM in military time is 0900: write the hour with two digits (a leading zero) and leave out the colon and AM.

How to say 0900

Say “zero nine hundred”. You may also hear “oh nine hundred”; the manuals say “zero”. Spoken, “hours” often follows: “zero nine hundred hours”. In writing, the Army and Air Force leave “hours” out. How military time is said and written.

Military time
0900
Standard time
9:00 AM
24-hour clock
09:00
Part of the day
Morning

0900 with a time zone

On its own, 0900 is a local time: 0900 in New York is 9:00 AM in New York. Written with a Z, as 0900Z, it is Zulu time (UTC), which in US time zones is:

0900Z in US time zones, in daylight time and in standard time
0900Z inDaylight time (March to November)Standard time (November to March)
EasternNew York0500 5:00 AMUTC−4 · Q0400 4:00 AMUTC−5 · R
CentralChicago0400 4:00 AMUTC−5 · R0300 3:00 AMUTC−6 · S
MountainDenver0300 3:00 AMUTC−6 · S0200 2:00 AMUTC−7 · T
PacificLos Angeles0200 2:00 AMUTC−7 · T0100 1:00 AMUTC−8 · U

US daylight time runs from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November (NIST). Any Zulu time: Zulu time now.

Times around 0900

Every quarter of this hour: 0900 · 0915 · 0930 · 0945

Questions people ask

What is 0900 in military time?

0900 in military time is 9:00 AM, in the morning.

How do you say 0900 in military time?

Say “zero nine hundred”. You may also hear “oh nine hundred”; the manuals say “zero”. Spoken, “hours” often follows: “zero nine hundred hours”. In writing, the Army and Air Force leave “hours” out.

What is 9:00 AM in military time?

9:00 AM in military time is 0900: write the hour with two digits (a leading zero) and leave out the colon and AM.

What is 0900Z in Eastern time?

0900Z (Zulu, which is UTC) is 0500 (5:00 AM) in Eastern Daylight Time and 0400 (4:00 AM) in Eastern Standard Time.

All the hours and minutes of the day are in the military time chart.