0600 at a glance
- 12-hour time
- 6:00 AM
- 24-hour clock
- 06:00
- Say it
- zero six hundred hours
- Part of day
- Early morning
- Minutes after midnight
- 360
- Minutes until midnight
- 1,080
- Decimal hours
- 6.00
- Share of the day gone
- 25%
How to convert 0600 to standard time
- The hour digits are 06. Hours 01 to 11 are the same on both clocks — just drop the leading zero: 6.
- Put a colon before the minutes and add AM: 6:00 AM.
How to say 0600
| Style | How it sounds |
|---|---|
| Military (spoken) | “zero six hundred hours” |
| Short form | “zero six hundred” |
| Radio, digit by digit | “zero six zero zero” |
| Civilian | “six o’clock in the morning” |
| Written 24-hour | 06:00 or 0600 |
On the hour, the minutes are spoken as “hundred”: 0600 is “zero six hundred hours.” The leading zero is spoken too.
0600 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 0600Z, this is the local time across the United States:
| Time zone | Standard time | Daylight time |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern (EST / EDT) | 1:00 AM — R | 2:00 AM — Q |
| Central (CST / CDT) | 12:00 AM — S | 1:00 AM — R |
| Mountain (MST / MDT) | 11:00 PM (previous day) — T | 12:00 AM — S |
| Pacific (PST / PDT) | 10:00 PM (previous day) — U | 11:00 PM (previous day) — T |
| Alaska (AKST / AKDT) | 9:00 PM (previous day) — V | 10:00 PM (previous day) — U |
| Hawaii (HST) | 8:00 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 0600Z is 0100R. 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 0600 is your local time
- 0600 Eastern is 1100Z in winter (EST) and 1000Z in summer (EDT).
- 0600 Central is 1200Z in winter (CST) and 1100Z in summer (CDT).
- 0600 Mountain is 1300Z in winter (MST) and 1200Z in summer (MDT).
- 0600 Pacific is 1400Z in winter (PST) and 1300Z in summer (PDT).
Times around 0600
| Change | Military | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| −60 min | 0500 | 5:00 AM |
| −45 min | 0515 | 5:15 AM |
| −30 min | 0530 | 5:30 AM |
| −15 min | 0545 | 5:45 AM |
| This time | 0600 | 6:00 AM |
| +15 min | 0615 | 6:15 AM |
| +30 min | 0630 | 6:30 AM |
| +45 min | 0645 | 6:45 AM |
| +60 min | 0700 | 7:00 AM |
Shifts that start at 0600
- An 8-hour shift starting at 0600 ends at 1400 (2:00 PM).
- A 10-hour shift starting at 0600 ends at 1600 (4:00 PM).
- A 12-hour shift starting at 0600 ends at 1800 (6:00 PM).
- To total the hours on a real time card with breaks, use the time card calculator.
0600 in everyday use
- 0600 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 0600 are common on rosters and badge records.
- Because the hour is below 10, the military form keeps a leading zero: 0600, never 600.
Frequently asked questions
What is 0600 in regular time?
0600 is 6:00 AM in regular 12-hour time.
Is 0600 AM or PM?
0600 is AM. Military times from 0000 to 1159 are AM and times from 1200 to 2359 are PM.
How do you say 0600 in military time?
Say “zero six hundred hours.” In radio procedure each digit is spoken separately, so 0600 can also be read digit by digit.
What is 0600 Zulu in Eastern time?
0600Z is 1:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) and 2:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).