0800 at a glance
- 12-hour time
- 8:00 AM
- 24-hour clock
- 08:00
- Say it
- zero eight hundred hours
- Part of day
- Morning
- Minutes after midnight
- 480
- Minutes until midnight
- 960
- Decimal hours
- 8.00
- Share of the day gone
- 33.33%
How to convert 0800 to standard time
- The hour digits are 08. Hours 01 to 11 are the same on both clocks — just drop the leading zero: 8.
- Put a colon before the minutes and add AM: 8:00 AM.
How to say 0800
| Style | How it sounds |
|---|---|
| Military (spoken) | “zero eight hundred hours” |
| Short form | “zero eight hundred” |
| Radio, digit by digit | “zero eight zero zero” |
| Civilian | “eight o’clock in the morning” |
| Written 24-hour | 08:00 or 0800 |
On the hour, the minutes are spoken as “hundred”: 0800 is “zero eight hundred hours.” The leading zero is spoken too.
0800 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 0800Z, this is the local time across the United States:
| Time zone | Standard time | Daylight time |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern (EST / EDT) | 3:00 AM — R | 4:00 AM — Q |
| Central (CST / CDT) | 2:00 AM — S | 3:00 AM — R |
| Mountain (MST / MDT) | 1:00 AM — T | 2:00 AM — S |
| Pacific (PST / PDT) | 12:00 AM — U | 1:00 AM — T |
| Alaska (AKST / AKDT) | 11:00 PM (previous day) — V | 12:00 AM — U |
| Hawaii (HST) | 10:00 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 0800Z is 0300R. 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 0800 is your local time
- 0800 Eastern is 1300Z in winter (EST) and 1200Z in summer (EDT).
- 0800 Central is 1400Z in winter (CST) and 1300Z in summer (CDT).
- 0800 Mountain is 1500Z in winter (MST) and 1400Z in summer (MDT).
- 0800 Pacific is 1600Z in winter (PST) and 1500Z in summer (PDT).
Times around 0800
| Change | Military | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| −60 min | 0700 | 7:00 AM |
| −45 min | 0715 | 7:15 AM |
| −30 min | 0730 | 7:30 AM |
| −15 min | 0745 | 7:45 AM |
| This time | 0800 | 8:00 AM |
| +15 min | 0815 | 8:15 AM |
| +30 min | 0830 | 8:30 AM |
| +45 min | 0845 | 8:45 AM |
| +60 min | 0900 | 9:00 AM |
Shifts that start at 0800
- An 8-hour shift starting at 0800 ends at 1600 (4:00 PM).
- A 10-hour shift starting at 0800 ends at 1800 (6:00 PM).
- A 12-hour shift starting at 0800 ends at 2000 (8:00 PM).
- To total the hours on a real time card with breaks, use the time card calculator.
0800 in everyday use
- 0800 lands in the working morning, when appointments, classes and meetings fill calendars. Medical and aviation schedules still write it as 0800 so it can never be mistaken for 8:00 PM.
Frequently asked questions
What is 0800 in regular time?
0800 is 8:00 AM in regular 12-hour time.
Is 0800 AM or PM?
0800 is AM. Military times from 0000 to 1159 are AM and times from 1200 to 2359 are PM.
How do you say 0800 in military time?
Say “zero eight hundred hours.” In radio procedure each digit is spoken separately, so 0800 can also be read digit by digit.
What is 0800 Zulu in Eastern time?
0800Z is 3:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) and 4:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).