0845 at a glance
- 12-hour time
- 8:45 AM
- 24-hour clock
- 08:45
- Say it
- zero eight forty-five hours
- Part of day
- Morning
- Minutes after midnight
- 525
- Minutes until midnight
- 915
- Decimal hours
- 8.75
- Share of the day gone
- 36.46%
How to convert 0845 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: 8:45 AM.
How to say 0845
| Style | How it sounds |
|---|---|
| Military (spoken) | “zero eight forty-five hours” |
| Radio, digit by digit | “zero eight four five” |
| Civilian | “quarter to nine in the morning” |
| Written 24-hour | 08:45 or 0845 |
Off the hour, say the hour pair and then the minutes: 08 → “zero eight”, 45 → “forty-five.” Adding “hours” at the end is standard in military speech but optional elsewhere.
0845 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 0845Z, this is the local time across the United States:
| Time zone | Standard time | Daylight time |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern (EST / EDT) | 3:45 AM — R | 4:45 AM — Q |
| Central (CST / CDT) | 2:45 AM — S | 3:45 AM — R |
| Mountain (MST / MDT) | 1:45 AM — T | 2:45 AM — S |
| Pacific (PST / PDT) | 12:45 AM — U | 1:45 AM — T |
| Alaska (AKST / AKDT) | 11:45 PM (previous day) — V | 12:45 AM — U |
| Hawaii (HST) | 10:45 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 0845Z is 0345R. 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 0845 is your local time
- 0845 Eastern is 1345Z in winter (EST) and 1245Z in summer (EDT).
- 0845 Central is 1445Z in winter (CST) and 1345Z in summer (CDT).
- 0845 Mountain is 1545Z in winter (MST) and 1445Z in summer (MDT).
- 0845 Pacific is 1645Z in winter (PST) and 1545Z in summer (PDT).
Times around 0845
| Change | Military | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| −60 min | 0745 | 7:45 AM |
| −45 min | 0800 | 8:00 AM |
| −30 min | 0815 | 8:15 AM |
| −15 min | 0830 | 8:30 AM |
| This time | 0845 | 8:45 AM |
| +15 min | 0900 | 9:00 AM |
| +30 min | 0915 | 9:15 AM |
| +45 min | 0930 | 9:30 AM |
| +60 min | 0945 | 9:45 AM |
Shifts that start at 0845
- An 8-hour shift starting at 0845 ends at 1645 (4:45 PM).
- A 10-hour shift starting at 0845 ends at 1845 (6:45 PM).
- A 12-hour shift starting at 0845 ends at 2045 (8:45 PM).
- To total the hours on a real time card with breaks, use the time card calculator.
0845 in everyday use
- 0845 lands in the working morning, when appointments, classes and meetings fill calendars. Medical and aviation schedules still write it as 0845 so it can never be mistaken for 8:45 PM.
Frequently asked questions
What is 0845 in regular time?
0845 is 8:45 AM in regular 12-hour time.
Is 0845 AM or PM?
0845 is AM. Military times from 0000 to 1159 are AM and times from 1200 to 2359 are PM.
How do you say 0845 in military time?
Say “zero eight forty-five hours.” In radio procedure each digit is spoken separately, so 0845 can also be read digit by digit.
What is 0845 Zulu in Eastern time?
0845Z is 3:45 AM Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) and 4:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).