2400 military time is 12:00 AM
2400 in military time is 12:00 AM, at midnight. It is said “twenty-four hundred”.
- Say it
- “twenty-four hundred”, informally “” (common usage; no manual spells out 0000 to 0059)
- 24-hour clock
- 24:00
2400 is midnight at the end of a day: the same moment as 0000 the next day.
How to convert 2400 to standard time
- 2400 is the end of the day: midnight, the same moment as 0000 of the next day.
- On a 12-hour clock that moment is 12:00 AM (midnight).
And the other way: 12:00 AM (midnight) is 0000 at the start of a day. NIST and the Army's correspondence rules write 2400 for midnight at the end of a day; other manuals avoid 2400.
How to say 2400
Say “twenty-four hundred”. Spoken, “hours” often follows: “twenty-four hundred hours”. In writing, the Army and Air Force leave “hours” out. How military time is said and written.
- Military time
- 2400
- Standard time
- 12:00 AM
- 24-hour clock
- 24:00
- Part of the day
- Midnight
2400 with a time zone
On its own, 2400 is a local time: 2400 in New York is 12:00 AM in New York. Written with a Z, as 2400Z, it is Zulu time (UTC), which in US time zones is:
| 2400Z in | Daylight time (March to November) | Standard time (November to March) |
|---|---|---|
| EasternNew York | 2000 8:00 PMUTC−4 · Q | 1900 7:00 PMUTC−5 · R |
| CentralChicago | 1900 7:00 PMUTC−5 · R | 1800 6:00 PMUTC−6 · S |
| MountainDenver | 1800 6:00 PMUTC−6 · S | 1700 5:00 PMUTC−7 · T |
| PacificLos Angeles | 1700 5:00 PMUTC−7 · T | 1600 4:00 PMUTC−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 2400
Questions people ask
What is 2400 in military time?
2400 in military time is 12:00 AM, at midnight.
How do you say 2400 in military time?
Say “twenty-four hundred”. Spoken, “hours” often follows: “twenty-four hundred hours”. In writing, the Army and Air Force leave “hours” out.
Is 2400 the same as 0000?
2400 at the end of one day and 0000 at the start of the next are the same moment: midnight. NIST suggests 0000 for midnight at the start of a day and 2400 for its end (or 11:59 p.m. and 12:01 a.m.); military manuals differ on which to write.
What is 2400Z in Eastern time?
2400Z (Zulu, which is UTC) is 2000 (8:00 PM) in Eastern Daylight Time and 1900 (7:00 PM) in Eastern Standard Time.
All the hours and minutes of the day are in the military time chart.