1400 at a glance
- 12-hour time
- 2:00 PM
- 24-hour clock
- 14:00
- Say it
- fourteen hundred hours
- Part of day
- Afternoon
- Minutes after midnight
- 840
- Minutes until midnight
- 600
- Decimal hours
- 14.00
- Share of the day gone
- 58.33%
How to convert 1400 to standard time
- The hour digits are 14, which is past noon. Subtract 12 from the hour: 14 − 12 = 2.
- Keep the minutes (00), insert a colon and add PM: 2:00 PM.
How to say 1400
| Style | How it sounds |
|---|---|
| Military (spoken) | “fourteen hundred hours” |
| Short form | “fourteen hundred” |
| Radio, digit by digit | “one four zero zero” |
| Civilian | “two o’clock in the afternoon” |
| Written 24-hour | 14:00 or 1400 |
On the hour, the minutes are spoken as “hundred”: 1400 is “fourteen hundred hours.”
1400 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 1400Z, this is the local time across the United States:
| Time zone | Standard time | Daylight time |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern (EST / EDT) | 9:00 AM — R | 10:00 AM — Q |
| Central (CST / CDT) | 8:00 AM — S | 9:00 AM — R |
| Mountain (MST / MDT) | 7:00 AM — T | 8:00 AM — S |
| Pacific (PST / PDT) | 6:00 AM — U | 7:00 AM — T |
| Alaska (AKST / AKDT) | 5:00 AM — V | 6:00 AM — U |
| Hawaii (HST) | 4:00 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 1400Z is 0900R. 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 1400 is your local time
- 1400 Eastern is 1900Z in winter (EST) and 1800Z in summer (EDT).
- 1400 Central is 2000Z in winter (CST) and 1900Z in summer (CDT).
- 1400 Mountain is 2100Z in winter (MST) and 2000Z in summer (MDT).
- 1400 Pacific is 2200Z in winter (PST) and 2100Z in summer (PDT).
Times around 1400
| Change | Military | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| −60 min | 1300 | 1:00 PM |
| −45 min | 1315 | 1:15 PM |
| −30 min | 1330 | 1:30 PM |
| −15 min | 1345 | 1:45 PM |
| This time | 1400 | 2:00 PM |
| +15 min | 1415 | 2:15 PM |
| +30 min | 1430 | 2:30 PM |
| +45 min | 1445 | 2:45 PM |
| +60 min | 1500 | 3:00 PM |
Shifts that start at 1400
- An 8-hour shift starting at 1400 ends at 2200 (10:00 PM).
- A 10-hour shift starting at 1400 ends at 0000 (12:00 AM the next day).
- A 12-hour shift starting at 1400 ends at 0200 (2:00 AM the next day).
- To total the hours on a real time card with breaks, use the time card calculator.
1400 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: 14 → 2, so 1400 is 2:00 PM.
- The classic misreading is to drop the leading 1 and read 1400 as 4:00 — that would put the time two hours late.
Frequently asked questions
What is 1400 in regular time?
1400 is 2:00 PM in regular 12-hour time. Subtract 12 from the hour (14 − 12 = 2) and add PM.
Is 1400 AM or PM?
1400 is PM. Military times from 0000 to 1159 are AM and times from 1200 to 2359 are PM.
How do you say 1400 in military time?
Say “fourteen hundred hours.” In radio procedure each digit is spoken separately, so 1400 can also be read digit by digit.
What is 1400 Zulu in Eastern time?
1400Z is 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) and 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).