1300 at a glance
- 12-hour time
- 1:00 PM
- 24-hour clock
- 13:00
- Say it
- thirteen hundred hours
- Part of day
- Afternoon
- Minutes after midnight
- 780
- Minutes until midnight
- 660
- Decimal hours
- 13.00
- Share of the day gone
- 54.17%
How to convert 1300 to standard time
- The hour digits are 13, which is past noon. Subtract 12 from the hour: 13 − 12 = 1.
- Keep the minutes (00), insert a colon and add PM: 1:00 PM.
How to say 1300
| Style | How it sounds |
|---|---|
| Military (spoken) | “thirteen hundred hours” |
| Short form | “thirteen hundred” |
| Radio, digit by digit | “one three zero zero” |
| Civilian | “one o’clock in the afternoon” |
| Written 24-hour | 13:00 or 1300 |
On the hour, the minutes are spoken as “hundred”: 1300 is “thirteen hundred hours.”
1300 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 1300Z, this is the local time across the United States:
| Time zone | Standard time | Daylight time |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern (EST / EDT) | 8:00 AM — R | 9:00 AM — Q |
| Central (CST / CDT) | 7:00 AM — S | 8:00 AM — R |
| Mountain (MST / MDT) | 6:00 AM — T | 7:00 AM — S |
| Pacific (PST / PDT) | 5:00 AM — U | 6:00 AM — T |
| Alaska (AKST / AKDT) | 4:00 AM — V | 5:00 AM — U |
| Hawaii (HST) | 3:00 AM — 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 1300Z is 0800R. 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 1300 is your local time
- 1300 Eastern is 1800Z in winter (EST) and 1700Z in summer (EDT).
- 1300 Central is 1900Z in winter (CST) and 1800Z in summer (CDT).
- 1300 Mountain is 2000Z in winter (MST) and 1900Z in summer (MDT).
- 1300 Pacific is 2100Z in winter (PST) and 2000Z in summer (PDT).
Times around 1300
| Change | Military | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| −60 min | 1200 | 12:00 PM |
| −45 min | 1215 | 12:15 PM |
| −30 min | 1230 | 12:30 PM |
| −15 min | 1245 | 12:45 PM |
| This time | 1300 | 1:00 PM |
| +15 min | 1315 | 1:15 PM |
| +30 min | 1330 | 1:30 PM |
| +45 min | 1345 | 1:45 PM |
| +60 min | 1400 | 2:00 PM |
Shifts that start at 1300
- An 8-hour shift starting at 1300 ends at 2100 (9:00 PM).
- A 10-hour shift starting at 1300 ends at 2300 (11:00 PM).
- A 12-hour shift starting at 1300 ends at 0100 (1:00 AM the next day).
- To total the hours on a real time card with breaks, use the time card calculator.
1300 in everyday use
- From 1300 on, the hour digits run past 12. A quick trick for 1300 to 1959 is to take 2 away from the second digit: 13 → 1, so 1300 is 1:00 PM.
- The classic misreading is to drop the leading 1 and read 1300 as 3:00 — that would put the time two hours late.
Frequently asked questions
What is 1300 in regular time?
1300 is 1:00 PM in regular 12-hour time. Subtract 12 from the hour (13 − 12 = 1) and add PM.
Is 1300 AM or PM?
1300 is PM. Military times from 0000 to 1159 are AM and times from 1200 to 2359 are PM.
How do you say 1300 in military time?
Say “thirteen hundred hours.” In radio procedure each digit is spoken separately, so 1300 can also be read digit by digit.
What is 1300 Zulu in Eastern time?
1300Z is 8:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) and 9:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).