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1500 Military Time

AR 25-50

1500 on the 24-hour clock is 3:00 PM. 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

1500 in standard time

3:00 PM

Read aloud

fifteen hundred

The hour before and after

1400 · 1600

From 1300 on, subtract 12 from the first two digits and add p.m.: 15 minus 12 is 3, so 1500 is 3:00 p.m.

1500 to 1559: every minute of the hour

The first two digits stay 15; the last two are the minutes.

1500 to 1514 in standard time
MilitaryStandard
15003:00 p.m.
15013:01 p.m.
15023:02 p.m.
15033:03 p.m.
15043:04 p.m.
15053:05 p.m.
15063:06 p.m.
15073:07 p.m.
15083:08 p.m.
15093:09 p.m.
15103:10 p.m.
15113:11 p.m.
15123:12 p.m.
15133:13 p.m.
15143:14 p.m.
1515 to 1529 in standard time
MilitaryStandard
15153:15 p.m.
15163:16 p.m.
15173:17 p.m.
15183:18 p.m.
15193:19 p.m.
15203:20 p.m.
15213:21 p.m.
15223:22 p.m.
15233:23 p.m.
15243:24 p.m.
15253:25 p.m.
15263:26 p.m.
15273:27 p.m.
15283:28 p.m.
15293:29 p.m.
1530 to 1544 in standard time
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15303:30 p.m.
15313:31 p.m.
15323:32 p.m.
15333:33 p.m.
15343:34 p.m.
15353:35 p.m.
15363:36 p.m.
15373:37 p.m.
15383:38 p.m.
15393:39 p.m.
15403:40 p.m.
15413:41 p.m.
15423:42 p.m.
15433:43 p.m.
15443:44 p.m.
1545 to 1559 in standard time
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15453:45 p.m.
15463:46 p.m.
15473:47 p.m.
15483:48 p.m.
15493:49 p.m.
15503:50 p.m.
15513:51 p.m.
15523:52 p.m.
15533:53 p.m.
15543:54 p.m.
15553:55 p.m.
15563:56 p.m.
15573:57 p.m.
15583:58 p.m.
15593:59 p.m.

1500 local time in Zulu (UTC)

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

1500 in each U.S. time zone, converted to Zulu time
1500 in this zoneStandard timeDaylight time
Eastern2000Z1900Z
Central2100Z2000Z
Mountain2200Z2100Z
Pacific2300Z2200Z
Alaska0000Z next day2300Z
Hawaii0100Z next day0000Z next day

How 1500 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 1500 is hour 15, minute 00: 3:00 p.m.

Said aloud it is "fifteen 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.