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0600 Military Time

AR 25-50

0600 on the 24-hour clock is 6:00 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

0600 in standard time

6:00 AM

Read aloud

zero six hundred

The hour before and after

0500 · 0700

Before noon the hour keeps its number: drop the leading zero and add a.m., so 0600 is 6:00 a.m.

0600 to 0659: every minute of the hour

The first two digits stay 06; the last two are the minutes.

0600 to 0614 in standard time
MilitaryStandard
06006:00 a.m.
06016:01 a.m.
06026:02 a.m.
06036:03 a.m.
06046:04 a.m.
06056:05 a.m.
06066:06 a.m.
06076:07 a.m.
06086:08 a.m.
06096:09 a.m.
06106:10 a.m.
06116:11 a.m.
06126:12 a.m.
06136:13 a.m.
06146:14 a.m.
0615 to 0629 in standard time
MilitaryStandard
06156:15 a.m.
06166:16 a.m.
06176:17 a.m.
06186:18 a.m.
06196:19 a.m.
06206:20 a.m.
06216:21 a.m.
06226:22 a.m.
06236:23 a.m.
06246:24 a.m.
06256:25 a.m.
06266:26 a.m.
06276:27 a.m.
06286:28 a.m.
06296:29 a.m.
0630 to 0644 in standard time
MilitaryStandard
06306:30 a.m.
06316:31 a.m.
06326:32 a.m.
06336:33 a.m.
06346:34 a.m.
06356:35 a.m.
06366:36 a.m.
06376:37 a.m.
06386:38 a.m.
06396:39 a.m.
06406:40 a.m.
06416:41 a.m.
06426:42 a.m.
06436:43 a.m.
06446:44 a.m.
0645 to 0659 in standard time
MilitaryStandard
06456:45 a.m.
06466:46 a.m.
06476:47 a.m.
06486:48 a.m.
06496:49 a.m.
06506:50 a.m.
06516:51 a.m.
06526:52 a.m.
06536:53 a.m.
06546:54 a.m.
06556:55 a.m.
06566:56 a.m.
06576:57 a.m.
06586:58 a.m.
06596:59 a.m.

0600 local time in Zulu (UTC)

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

0600 in each U.S. time zone, converted to Zulu time
0600 in this zoneStandard timeDaylight time
Eastern1100Z1000Z
Central1200Z1100Z
Mountain1300Z1200Z
Pacific1400Z1300Z
Alaska1500Z1400Z
Hawaii1600Z1500Z

How 0600 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 0600 is hour 06, minute 00: 6:00 a.m.

Said aloud it is "zero six 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.