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2100 Military Time

AR 25-50

2100 on the 24-hour clock is 9:00 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

2100 in standard time

9:00 PM

Read aloud

twenty-one hundred

The hour before and after

2000 · 2200

From 1300 on, subtract 12 from the first two digits and add p.m.: 21 minus 12 is 9, so 2100 is 9:00 p.m.

2100 to 2159: every minute of the hour

The first two digits stay 21; the last two are the minutes.

2100 to 2114 in standard time
MilitaryStandard
21009:00 p.m.
21019:01 p.m.
21029:02 p.m.
21039:03 p.m.
21049:04 p.m.
21059:05 p.m.
21069:06 p.m.
21079:07 p.m.
21089:08 p.m.
21099:09 p.m.
21109:10 p.m.
21119:11 p.m.
21129:12 p.m.
21139:13 p.m.
21149:14 p.m.
2115 to 2129 in standard time
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21159:15 p.m.
21169:16 p.m.
21179:17 p.m.
21189:18 p.m.
21199:19 p.m.
21209:20 p.m.
21219:21 p.m.
21229:22 p.m.
21239:23 p.m.
21249:24 p.m.
21259:25 p.m.
21269:26 p.m.
21279:27 p.m.
21289:28 p.m.
21299:29 p.m.
2130 to 2144 in standard time
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21309:30 p.m.
21319:31 p.m.
21329:32 p.m.
21339:33 p.m.
21349:34 p.m.
21359:35 p.m.
21369:36 p.m.
21379:37 p.m.
21389:38 p.m.
21399:39 p.m.
21409:40 p.m.
21419:41 p.m.
21429:42 p.m.
21439:43 p.m.
21449:44 p.m.
2145 to 2159 in standard time
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21459:45 p.m.
21469:46 p.m.
21479:47 p.m.
21489:48 p.m.
21499:49 p.m.
21509:50 p.m.
21519:51 p.m.
21529:52 p.m.
21539:53 p.m.
21549:54 p.m.
21559:55 p.m.
21569:56 p.m.
21579:57 p.m.
21589:58 p.m.
21599:59 p.m.

2100 local time in Zulu (UTC)

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

2100 in each U.S. time zone, converted to Zulu time
2100 in this zoneStandard timeDaylight time
Eastern0200Z next day0100Z next day
Central0300Z next day0200Z next day
Mountain0400Z next day0300Z next day
Pacific0500Z next day0400Z next day
Alaska0600Z next day0500Z next day
Hawaii0700Z next day0600Z next day

How 2100 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 2100 is hour 21, minute 00: 9:00 p.m.

Said aloud it is "twenty-one 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.