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0300 Military Time

AR 25-50

0300 on the 24-hour clock is 3:00 AM. Every minute of the hour, the Zulu time by U.S. time zone and how to say it are below.

Reviewed by Guilherme Correia, active-duty U.S. Air Force

0300 in standard time

3:00 AM

Read aloud

zero three hundred

The hour before and after

0200 · 0400

Before noon the hour keeps its number: drop the leading zero and add a.m., so 0300 is 3:00 a.m.

0300 to 0359: every minute of the hour

The first two digits stay 03; the last two are the minutes.

0300 to 0314 in standard time
MilitaryStandard
03003:00 a.m.
03013:01 a.m.
03023:02 a.m.
03033:03 a.m.
03043:04 a.m.
03053:05 a.m.
03063:06 a.m.
03073:07 a.m.
03083:08 a.m.
03093:09 a.m.
03103:10 a.m.
03113:11 a.m.
03123:12 a.m.
03133:13 a.m.
03143:14 a.m.
0315 to 0329 in standard time
MilitaryStandard
03153:15 a.m.
03163:16 a.m.
03173:17 a.m.
03183:18 a.m.
03193:19 a.m.
03203:20 a.m.
03213:21 a.m.
03223:22 a.m.
03233:23 a.m.
03243:24 a.m.
03253:25 a.m.
03263:26 a.m.
03273:27 a.m.
03283:28 a.m.
03293:29 a.m.
0330 to 0344 in standard time
MilitaryStandard
03303:30 a.m.
03313:31 a.m.
03323:32 a.m.
03333:33 a.m.
03343:34 a.m.
03353:35 a.m.
03363:36 a.m.
03373:37 a.m.
03383:38 a.m.
03393:39 a.m.
03403:40 a.m.
03413:41 a.m.
03423:42 a.m.
03433:43 a.m.
03443:44 a.m.
0345 to 0359 in standard time
MilitaryStandard
03453:45 a.m.
03463:46 a.m.
03473:47 a.m.
03483:48 a.m.
03493:49 a.m.
03503:50 a.m.
03513:51 a.m.
03523:52 a.m.
03533:53 a.m.
03543:54 a.m.
03553:55 a.m.
03563:56 a.m.
03573:57 a.m.
03583:58 a.m.
03593:59 a.m.

0300 local time in Zulu (UTC)

From the FAA's table: add the hours shown to standard time, one hour less in daylight time.

0300 in each U.S. time zone, converted to Zulu time
0300 in this zoneStandard timeDaylight time
Eastern0800Z0700Z
Central0900Z0800Z
Mountain1000Z0900Z
Pacific1100Z1000Z
Alaska1200Z1100Z
Hawaii1300Z1200Z

How 0300 is written and said

AR 25-50, para. 1-26: "Military time will be expressed in a group of four digits, from 0001 to 2400, based on the 24–hour clock system. The first two digits represent the hour after midnight and the last two digits represent the minutes." So 0300 is hour 03, minute 00: 3:00 a.m.

Said aloud it is "zero three hundred". On paper the same paragraph says "The word "hours" will not be used in conjunction with military time," and that military time is used for memorandums while civilian time is used in letters.

Every hour in military time

For any other time, in either direction, use the military time converter.

Keep going

AR 25-50, Preparing and Managing Correspondence, para. 1-26 (10 October 2020, administrative revisions through 4 October 2024) · Federal Aviation Administration, Aeronautical Information Manual, Chapter 4, Section 2, paragraph 4-2-12, Time (read November 11, 2026)

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Official sources: AR 25-50 on armypubs.army.mil · FAA Aeronautical Information Manual, paragraph 4-2-12.