0015 at a glance
- 12-hour time
- 12:15 AM
- 24-hour clock
- 00:15
- Say it
- zero zero fifteen hours
- Part of day
- Night (after midnight)
- Minutes after midnight
- 15
- Minutes until midnight
- 1,425
- Decimal hours
- 0.25
- Share of the day gone
- 1.04%
How to convert 0015 to standard time
- The hour digits are 00, the first hour after midnight. On a 12-hour clock that hour is called 12, not 0.
- Keep the minutes (15) and add AM: 12:15 AM.
- It is 15 minutes after midnight, so it belongs to the new day, not the previous evening.
How to say 0015
| Style | How it sounds |
|---|---|
| Military (spoken) | “zero zero fifteen hours” |
| Radio, digit by digit | “zero zero one five” |
| Civilian | “quarter past midnight” |
| Written 24-hour | 00:15 or 0015 |
Off the hour, say the hour pair and then the minutes: 00 → “zero zero”, 15 → “fifteen.” Adding “hours” at the end is standard in military speech but optional elsewhere.
0015 Zulu (UTC) in US time zones
Military and aviation schedules give times in Zulu — Coordinated Universal Time — so that everyone works from one clock. When a message says 0015Z, this is the local time across the United States:
| Time zone | Standard time | Daylight time |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern (EST / EDT) | 7:15 PM (previous day) — R | 8:15 PM (previous day) — Q |
| Central (CST / CDT) | 6:15 PM (previous day) — S | 7:15 PM (previous day) — R |
| Mountain (MST / MDT) | 5:15 PM (previous day) — T | 6:15 PM (previous day) — S |
| Pacific (PST / PDT) | 4:15 PM (previous day) — U | 5:15 PM (previous day) — T |
| Alaska (AKST / AKDT) | 3:15 PM (previous day) — V | 4:15 PM (previous day) — U |
| Hawaii (HST) | 2:15 PM (previous day) — W | No daylight time |
The letter after each time is that zone’s military time-zone letter: Eastern standard time is R (Romeo, UTC−5), so 0015Z is 1915R. Daylight time runs from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November; Hawaii and most of Arizona stay on standard time all year.
If 0015 is your local time
- 0015 Eastern is 0515Z in winter (EST) and 0415Z in summer (EDT).
- 0015 Central is 0615Z in winter (CST) and 0515Z in summer (CDT).
- 0015 Mountain is 0715Z in winter (MST) and 0615Z in summer (MDT).
- 0015 Pacific is 0815Z in winter (PST) and 0715Z in summer (PDT).
Times around 0015
| Change | Military | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| −60 min | 2315 | 11:15 PM (previous day) |
| −45 min | 2330 | 11:30 PM (previous day) |
| −30 min | 2345 | 11:45 PM (previous day) |
| −15 min | 0000 | 12:00 AM |
| This time | 0015 | 12:15 AM |
| +15 min | 0030 | 12:30 AM |
| +30 min | 0045 | 12:45 AM |
| +45 min | 0100 | 1:00 AM |
| +60 min | 0115 | 1:15 AM |
Shifts that start at 0015
- An 8-hour shift starting at 0015 ends at 0815 (8:15 AM).
- A 10-hour shift starting at 0015 ends at 1015 (10:15 AM).
- A 12-hour shift starting at 0015 ends at 1215 (12:15 PM).
- To total the hours on a real time card with breaks, use the time card calculator.
0015 in everyday use
- 0015 falls in the overnight hours — the time of night shifts, red-eye flights and early deliveries. Writing it as 0015 instead of 12:15 AM removes any doubt about whether the morning or the evening is meant.
- A common slip is calling 0015 “12:15 PM.” It is 12:15 AM: the hour after midnight, not after noon.
Frequently asked questions
What is 0015 in regular time?
0015 is 12:15 AM in regular 12-hour time.
Is 0015 AM or PM?
0015 is AM. Military times from 0000 to 1159 are AM and times from 1200 to 2359 are PM.
How do you say 0015 in military time?
Say “zero zero fifteen hours.” In radio procedure each digit is spoken separately, so 0015 can also be read digit by digit.
What is 0015 Zulu in Eastern time?
0015Z is 7:15 PM (previous day) Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) and 8:15 PM (previous day) Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).