0700 Military Time

0700 in military time is 7:00 AM in standard 12-hour time — seven o’clock in the morning. On a 24-hour clock it is written 07:00.

Convert
Four digits such as 0600, 1330 or 2359. A colon (17:45) is fine too.
Military time
0700
24-hour clock
07:00
12-hour clock
7:00 AM
Say it
zero seven hundred hours
Time of day
Morning (AM)
Minutes after midnight
420
0700 in standard time7:00 AMzero seven hundred hours

Show the work

  1. Hours 01–11 are morning: drop the leading zero and add AM → 7 AM
  2. Put back the colon before the minutes: 7:00 AM

0700 at a glance

12-hour time
7:00 AM
24-hour clock
07:00
Say it
zero seven hundred hours
Part of day
Early morning
Minutes after midnight
420
Minutes until midnight
1,020
Decimal hours
7.00
Share of the day gone
29.17%

How to convert 0700 to standard time

  1. The hour digits are 07. Hours 01 to 11 are the same on both clocks — just drop the leading zero: 7.
  2. Put a colon before the minutes and add AM: 7:00 AM.

How to say 0700

StyleHow it sounds
Military (spoken)“zero seven hundred hours”
Short form“zero seven hundred”
Radio, digit by digit“zero seven zero zero”
Civilian“seven o’clock in the morning”
Written 24-hour07:00 or 0700

On the hour, the minutes are spoken as “hundred”: 0700 is “zero seven hundred hours.” The leading zero is spoken too.

0700 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 0700Z, this is the local time across the United States:

Time zoneStandard timeDaylight time
Eastern (EST / EDT)2:00 AM — R3:00 AM — Q
Central (CST / CDT)1:00 AM — S2:00 AM — R
Mountain (MST / MDT)12:00 AM — T1:00 AM — S
Pacific (PST / PDT)11:00 PM (previous day) — U12:00 AM — T
Alaska (AKST / AKDT)10:00 PM (previous day) — V11:00 PM (previous day) — U
Hawaii (HST)9:00 PM (previous day) — WNo daylight time

The letter after each time is that zone’s military time-zone letter: Eastern standard time is R (Romeo, UTC−5), so 0700Z is 0200R. 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 0700 is your local time

  • 0700 Eastern is 1200Z in winter (EST) and 1100Z in summer (EDT).
  • 0700 Central is 1300Z in winter (CST) and 1200Z in summer (CDT).
  • 0700 Mountain is 1400Z in winter (MST) and 1300Z in summer (MDT).
  • 0700 Pacific is 1500Z in winter (PST) and 1400Z in summer (PDT).

Times around 0700

ChangeMilitaryStandard
−60 min06006:00 AM
−45 min06156:15 AM
−30 min06306:30 AM
−15 min06456:45 AM
This time07007:00 AM
+15 min07157:15 AM
+30 min07307:30 AM
+45 min07457:45 AM
+60 min08008:00 AM

Shifts that start at 0700

  • An 8-hour shift starting at 0700 ends at 1500 (3:00 PM).
  • A 10-hour shift starting at 0700 ends at 1700 (5:00 PM).
  • A 12-hour shift starting at 0700 ends at 1900 (7:00 PM).
  • To total the hours on a real time card with breaks, use the time card calculator.

0700 in everyday use

  • 0700 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 0700 are common on rosters and badge records.
  • Because the hour is below 10, the military form keeps a leading zero: 0700, never 700.

Frequently asked questions

What is 0700 in regular time?

0700 is 7:00 AM in regular 12-hour time.

Is 0700 AM or PM?

0700 is AM. Military times from 0000 to 1159 are AM and times from 1200 to 2359 are PM.

How do you say 0700 in military time?

Say “zero seven hundred hours.” In radio procedure each digit is spoken separately, so 0700 can also be read digit by digit.

What is 0700 Zulu in Eastern time?

0700Z is 2:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) and 3:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).

Need a different value? Use the Military time converter, or browse the All quarter-hour times.