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0800 Military Time

AR 25-50

0800 on the 24-hour clock is 8:00 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

0800 in standard time

8:00 AM

Read aloud

zero eight hundred

The hour before and after

0700 · 0900

Before noon the hour keeps its number: drop the leading zero and add a.m., so 0800 is 8:00 a.m.

0800 to 0859: every minute of the hour

The first two digits stay 08; the last two are the minutes.

0800 to 0814 in standard time
MilitaryStandard
08008:00 a.m.
08018:01 a.m.
08028:02 a.m.
08038:03 a.m.
08048:04 a.m.
08058:05 a.m.
08068:06 a.m.
08078:07 a.m.
08088:08 a.m.
08098:09 a.m.
08108:10 a.m.
08118:11 a.m.
08128:12 a.m.
08138:13 a.m.
08148:14 a.m.
0815 to 0829 in standard time
MilitaryStandard
08158:15 a.m.
08168:16 a.m.
08178:17 a.m.
08188:18 a.m.
08198:19 a.m.
08208:20 a.m.
08218:21 a.m.
08228:22 a.m.
08238:23 a.m.
08248:24 a.m.
08258:25 a.m.
08268:26 a.m.
08278:27 a.m.
08288:28 a.m.
08298:29 a.m.
0830 to 0844 in standard time
MilitaryStandard
08308:30 a.m.
08318:31 a.m.
08328:32 a.m.
08338:33 a.m.
08348:34 a.m.
08358:35 a.m.
08368:36 a.m.
08378:37 a.m.
08388:38 a.m.
08398:39 a.m.
08408:40 a.m.
08418:41 a.m.
08428:42 a.m.
08438:43 a.m.
08448:44 a.m.
0845 to 0859 in standard time
MilitaryStandard
08458:45 a.m.
08468:46 a.m.
08478:47 a.m.
08488:48 a.m.
08498:49 a.m.
08508:50 a.m.
08518:51 a.m.
08528:52 a.m.
08538:53 a.m.
08548:54 a.m.
08558:55 a.m.
08568:56 a.m.
08578:57 a.m.
08588:58 a.m.
08598:59 a.m.

0800 local time in Zulu (UTC)

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

0800 in each U.S. time zone, converted to Zulu time
0800 in this zoneStandard timeDaylight time
Eastern1300Z1200Z
Central1400Z1300Z
Mountain1500Z1400Z
Pacific1600Z1500Z
Alaska1700Z1600Z
Hawaii1800Z1700Z

How 0800 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 0800 is hour 08, minute 00: 8:00 a.m.

Said aloud it is "zero eight 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.