0515 at a glance
- 12-hour time
- 5:15 AM
- 24-hour clock
- 05:15
- Say it
- zero five fifteen hours
- Part of day
- Early morning
- Minutes after midnight
- 315
- Minutes until midnight
- 1,125
- Decimal hours
- 5.25
- Share of the day gone
- 21.88%
How to convert 0515 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: 5:15 AM.
How to say 0515
| Style | How it sounds |
|---|---|
| Military (spoken) | “zero five fifteen hours” |
| Radio, digit by digit | “zero five one five” |
| Civilian | “quarter past five in the morning” |
| Written 24-hour | 05:15 or 0515 |
Off the hour, say the hour pair and then the minutes: 05 → “zero five”, 15 → “fifteen.” Adding “hours” at the end is standard in military speech but optional elsewhere.
0515 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 0515Z, this is the local time across the United States:
| Time zone | Standard time | Daylight time |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern (EST / EDT) | 12:15 AM — R | 1:15 AM — Q |
| Central (CST / CDT) | 11:15 PM (previous day) — S | 12:15 AM — R |
| Mountain (MST / MDT) | 10:15 PM (previous day) — T | 11:15 PM (previous day) — S |
| Pacific (PST / PDT) | 9:15 PM (previous day) — U | 10:15 PM (previous day) — T |
| Alaska (AKST / AKDT) | 8:15 PM (previous day) — V | 9:15 PM (previous day) — U |
| Hawaii (HST) | 7:15 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 0515Z is 0015R. 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 0515 is your local time
- 0515 Eastern is 1015Z in winter (EST) and 0915Z in summer (EDT).
- 0515 Central is 1115Z in winter (CST) and 1015Z in summer (CDT).
- 0515 Mountain is 1215Z in winter (MST) and 1115Z in summer (MDT).
- 0515 Pacific is 1315Z in winter (PST) and 1215Z in summer (PDT).
Times around 0515
| Change | Military | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| −60 min | 0415 | 4:15 AM |
| −45 min | 0430 | 4:30 AM |
| −30 min | 0445 | 4:45 AM |
| −15 min | 0500 | 5:00 AM |
| This time | 0515 | 5:15 AM |
| +15 min | 0530 | 5:30 AM |
| +30 min | 0545 | 5:45 AM |
| +45 min | 0600 | 6:00 AM |
| +60 min | 0615 | 6:15 AM |
Shifts that start at 0515
- An 8-hour shift starting at 0515 ends at 1315 (1:15 PM).
- A 10-hour shift starting at 0515 ends at 1515 (3:15 PM).
- A 12-hour shift starting at 0515 ends at 1715 (5:15 PM).
- To total the hours on a real time card with breaks, use the time card calculator.
0515 in everyday use
- 0515 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 0515 are common on rosters and badge records.
- Because the hour is below 10, the military form keeps a leading zero: 0515, never 515.
Frequently asked questions
What is 0515 in regular time?
0515 is 5:15 AM in regular 12-hour time.
Is 0515 AM or PM?
0515 is AM. Military times from 0000 to 1159 are AM and times from 1200 to 2359 are PM.
How do you say 0515 in military time?
Say “zero five fifteen hours.” In radio procedure each digit is spoken separately, so 0515 can also be read digit by digit.
What is 0515 Zulu in Eastern time?
0515Z is 12:15 AM Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) and 1:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).