0130 at a glance
- 12-hour time
- 1:30 AM
- 24-hour clock
- 01:30
- Say it
- zero one thirty hours
- Part of day
- Night (after midnight)
- Minutes after midnight
- 90
- Minutes until midnight
- 1,350
- Decimal hours
- 1.50
- Share of the day gone
- 6.25%
How to convert 0130 to standard time
- The hour digits are 01. Hours 01 to 11 are the same on both clocks — just drop the leading zero: 1.
- Put a colon before the minutes and add AM: 1:30 AM.
How to say 0130
| Style | How it sounds |
|---|---|
| Military (spoken) | “zero one thirty hours” |
| Radio, digit by digit | “zero one three zero” |
| Civilian | “half past one in the morning” |
| Written 24-hour | 01:30 or 0130 |
Off the hour, say the hour pair and then the minutes: 01 → “zero one”, 30 → “thirty.” Adding “hours” at the end is standard in military speech but optional elsewhere.
0130 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 0130Z, this is the local time across the United States:
| Time zone | Standard time | Daylight time |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern (EST / EDT) | 8:30 PM (previous day) — R | 9:30 PM (previous day) — Q |
| Central (CST / CDT) | 7:30 PM (previous day) — S | 8:30 PM (previous day) — R |
| Mountain (MST / MDT) | 6:30 PM (previous day) — T | 7:30 PM (previous day) — S |
| Pacific (PST / PDT) | 5:30 PM (previous day) — U | 6:30 PM (previous day) — T |
| Alaska (AKST / AKDT) | 4:30 PM (previous day) — V | 5:30 PM (previous day) — U |
| Hawaii (HST) | 3:30 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 0130Z is 2030R. 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 0130 is your local time
- 0130 Eastern is 0630Z in winter (EST) and 0530Z in summer (EDT).
- 0130 Central is 0730Z in winter (CST) and 0630Z in summer (CDT).
- 0130 Mountain is 0830Z in winter (MST) and 0730Z in summer (MDT).
- 0130 Pacific is 0930Z in winter (PST) and 0830Z in summer (PDT).
Times around 0130
| Change | Military | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| −60 min | 0030 | 12:30 AM |
| −45 min | 0045 | 12:45 AM |
| −30 min | 0100 | 1:00 AM |
| −15 min | 0115 | 1:15 AM |
| This time | 0130 | 1:30 AM |
| +15 min | 0145 | 1:45 AM |
| +30 min | 0200 | 2:00 AM |
| +45 min | 0215 | 2:15 AM |
| +60 min | 0230 | 2:30 AM |
Shifts that start at 0130
- An 8-hour shift starting at 0130 ends at 0930 (9:30 AM).
- A 10-hour shift starting at 0130 ends at 1130 (11:30 AM).
- A 12-hour shift starting at 0130 ends at 1330 (1:30 PM).
- To total the hours on a real time card with breaks, use the time card calculator.
0130 in everyday use
- 0130 falls in the overnight hours — the time of night shifts, red-eye flights and early deliveries. Writing it as 0130 instead of 1:30 AM removes any doubt about whether the morning or the evening is meant.
- On the day US clocks fall back in November, the hour from 0100 to 0159 happens twice, so 0130 occurs once in daylight time and again in standard time. Logs and timesheets kept in local time need a note for that night.
Frequently asked questions
What is 0130 in regular time?
0130 is 1:30 AM in regular 12-hour time.
Is 0130 AM or PM?
0130 is AM. Military times from 0000 to 1159 are AM and times from 1200 to 2359 are PM.
How do you say 0130 in military time?
Say “zero one thirty hours.” In radio procedure each digit is spoken separately, so 0130 can also be read digit by digit.
What is 0130 Zulu in Eastern time?
0130Z is 8:30 PM (previous day) Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) and 9:30 PM (previous day) Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).