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0400 Military Time

AR 25-50

0400 on the 24-hour clock is 4:00 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

0400 in standard time

4:00 AM

Read aloud

zero four hundred

The hour before and after

0300 · 0500

Before noon the hour keeps its number: drop the leading zero and add a.m., so 0400 is 4:00 a.m.

0400 to 0459: every minute of the hour

The first two digits stay 04; the last two are the minutes.

0400 to 0414 in standard time
MilitaryStandard
04004:00 a.m.
04014:01 a.m.
04024:02 a.m.
04034:03 a.m.
04044:04 a.m.
04054:05 a.m.
04064:06 a.m.
04074:07 a.m.
04084:08 a.m.
04094:09 a.m.
04104:10 a.m.
04114:11 a.m.
04124:12 a.m.
04134:13 a.m.
04144:14 a.m.
0415 to 0429 in standard time
MilitaryStandard
04154:15 a.m.
04164:16 a.m.
04174:17 a.m.
04184:18 a.m.
04194:19 a.m.
04204:20 a.m.
04214:21 a.m.
04224:22 a.m.
04234:23 a.m.
04244:24 a.m.
04254:25 a.m.
04264:26 a.m.
04274:27 a.m.
04284:28 a.m.
04294:29 a.m.
0430 to 0444 in standard time
MilitaryStandard
04304:30 a.m.
04314:31 a.m.
04324:32 a.m.
04334:33 a.m.
04344:34 a.m.
04354:35 a.m.
04364:36 a.m.
04374:37 a.m.
04384:38 a.m.
04394:39 a.m.
04404:40 a.m.
04414:41 a.m.
04424:42 a.m.
04434:43 a.m.
04444:44 a.m.
0445 to 0459 in standard time
MilitaryStandard
04454:45 a.m.
04464:46 a.m.
04474:47 a.m.
04484:48 a.m.
04494:49 a.m.
04504:50 a.m.
04514:51 a.m.
04524:52 a.m.
04534:53 a.m.
04544:54 a.m.
04554:55 a.m.
04564:56 a.m.
04574:57 a.m.
04584:58 a.m.
04594:59 a.m.

0400 local time in Zulu (UTC)

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

0400 in each U.S. time zone, converted to Zulu time
0400 in this zoneStandard timeDaylight time
Eastern0900Z0800Z
Central1000Z0900Z
Mountain1100Z1000Z
Pacific1200Z1100Z
Alaska1300Z1200Z
Hawaii1400Z1300Z

How 0400 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 0400 is hour 04, minute 00: 4:00 a.m.

Said aloud it is "zero four 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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Reviewed by Guilherme Correia · Military Toolkit editorial

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