0500 at a glance
- 12-hour time
- 5:00 AM
- 24-hour clock
- 05:00
- Say it
- zero five hundred hours
- Part of day
- Early morning
- Minutes after midnight
- 300
- Minutes until midnight
- 1,140
- Decimal hours
- 5.00
- Share of the day gone
- 20.83%
How to convert 0500 to standard time
- The hour digits are 05. Hours 01 to 11 are the same on both clocks — just drop the leading zero: 5.
- Put a colon before the minutes and add AM: 5:00 AM.
How to say 0500
| Style | How it sounds |
|---|---|
| Military (spoken) | “zero five hundred hours” |
| Short form | “zero five hundred” |
| Radio, digit by digit | “zero five zero zero” |
| Civilian | “five o’clock in the morning” |
| Written 24-hour | 05:00 or 0500 |
On the hour, the minutes are spoken as “hundred”: 0500 is “zero five hundred hours.” The leading zero is spoken too.
0500 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 0500Z, this is the local time across the United States:
| Time zone | Standard time | Daylight time |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern (EST / EDT) | 12:00 AM — R | 1:00 AM — Q |
| Central (CST / CDT) | 11:00 PM (previous day) — S | 12:00 AM — R |
| Mountain (MST / MDT) | 10:00 PM (previous day) — T | 11:00 PM (previous day) — S |
| Pacific (PST / PDT) | 9:00 PM (previous day) — U | 10:00 PM (previous day) — T |
| Alaska (AKST / AKDT) | 8:00 PM (previous day) — V | 9:00 PM (previous day) — U |
| Hawaii (HST) | 7:00 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 0500Z is 0000R. 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 0500 is your local time
- 0500 Eastern is 1000Z in winter (EST) and 0900Z in summer (EDT).
- 0500 Central is 1100Z in winter (CST) and 1000Z in summer (CDT).
- 0500 Mountain is 1200Z in winter (MST) and 1100Z in summer (MDT).
- 0500 Pacific is 1300Z in winter (PST) and 1200Z in summer (PDT).
Times around 0500
| Change | Military | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| −60 min | 0400 | 4:00 AM |
| −45 min | 0415 | 4:15 AM |
| −30 min | 0430 | 4:30 AM |
| −15 min | 0445 | 4:45 AM |
| This time | 0500 | 5:00 AM |
| +15 min | 0515 | 5:15 AM |
| +30 min | 0530 | 5:30 AM |
| +45 min | 0545 | 5:45 AM |
| +60 min | 0600 | 6:00 AM |
Shifts that start at 0500
- An 8-hour shift starting at 0500 ends at 1300 (1:00 PM).
- A 10-hour shift starting at 0500 ends at 1500 (3:00 PM).
- A 12-hour shift starting at 0500 ends at 1700 (5:00 PM).
- To total the hours on a real time card with breaks, use the time card calculator.
0500 in everyday use
- 0500 is early-shift territory. Many 12-hour shifts in hospitals and plants change over at 0700 and 1900, and 8-hour shifts often start at 0600 or 0700, so times like 0500 are common on rosters and badge records.
- Because the hour is below 10, the military form keeps a leading zero: 0500, never 500.
Frequently asked questions
What is 0500 in regular time?
0500 is 5:00 AM in regular 12-hour time.
Is 0500 AM or PM?
0500 is AM. Military times from 0000 to 1159 are AM and times from 1200 to 2359 are PM.
How do you say 0500 in military time?
Say “zero five hundred hours.” In radio procedure each digit is spoken separately, so 0500 can also be read digit by digit.
What is 0500 Zulu in Eastern time?
0500Z is 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) and 1:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).