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1700 Military Time

AR 25-50

1700 on the 24-hour clock is 5:00 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

1700 in standard time

5:00 PM

Read aloud

seventeen hundred

The hour before and after

1600 · 1800

From 1300 on, subtract 12 from the first two digits and add p.m.: 17 minus 12 is 5, so 1700 is 5:00 p.m.

1700 to 1759: every minute of the hour

The first two digits stay 17; the last two are the minutes.

1700 to 1714 in standard time
MilitaryStandard
17005:00 p.m.
17015:01 p.m.
17025:02 p.m.
17035:03 p.m.
17045:04 p.m.
17055:05 p.m.
17065:06 p.m.
17075:07 p.m.
17085:08 p.m.
17095:09 p.m.
17105:10 p.m.
17115:11 p.m.
17125:12 p.m.
17135:13 p.m.
17145:14 p.m.
1715 to 1729 in standard time
MilitaryStandard
17155:15 p.m.
17165:16 p.m.
17175:17 p.m.
17185:18 p.m.
17195:19 p.m.
17205:20 p.m.
17215:21 p.m.
17225:22 p.m.
17235:23 p.m.
17245:24 p.m.
17255:25 p.m.
17265:26 p.m.
17275:27 p.m.
17285:28 p.m.
17295:29 p.m.
1730 to 1744 in standard time
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17305:30 p.m.
17315:31 p.m.
17325:32 p.m.
17335:33 p.m.
17345:34 p.m.
17355:35 p.m.
17365:36 p.m.
17375:37 p.m.
17385:38 p.m.
17395:39 p.m.
17405:40 p.m.
17415:41 p.m.
17425:42 p.m.
17435:43 p.m.
17445:44 p.m.
1745 to 1759 in standard time
MilitaryStandard
17455:45 p.m.
17465:46 p.m.
17475:47 p.m.
17485:48 p.m.
17495:49 p.m.
17505:50 p.m.
17515:51 p.m.
17525:52 p.m.
17535:53 p.m.
17545:54 p.m.
17555:55 p.m.
17565:56 p.m.
17575:57 p.m.
17585:58 p.m.
17595:59 p.m.

1700 local time in Zulu (UTC)

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

1700 in each U.S. time zone, converted to Zulu time
1700 in this zoneStandard timeDaylight time
Eastern2200Z2100Z
Central2300Z2200Z
Mountain0000Z next day2300Z
Pacific0100Z next day0000Z next day
Alaska0200Z next day0100Z next day
Hawaii0300Z next day0200Z next day

How 1700 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 1700 is hour 17, minute 00: 5:00 p.m.

Said aloud it is "seventeen 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.