1700 at a glance
- 12-hour time
- 5:00 PM
- 24-hour clock
- 17:00
- Say it
- seventeen hundred hours
- Part of day
- Evening
- Minutes after midnight
- 1,020
- Minutes until midnight
- 420
- Decimal hours
- 17.00
- Share of the day gone
- 70.83%
How to convert 1700 to standard time
- The hour digits are 17, which is past noon. Subtract 12 from the hour: 17 − 12 = 5.
- Keep the minutes (00), insert a colon and add PM: 5:00 PM.
How to say 1700
| Style | How it sounds |
|---|---|
| Military (spoken) | “seventeen hundred hours” |
| Short form | “seventeen hundred” |
| Radio, digit by digit | “one seven zero zero” |
| Civilian | “five o’clock in the evening” |
| Written 24-hour | 17:00 or 1700 |
On the hour, the minutes are spoken as “hundred”: 1700 is “seventeen hundred hours.”
1700 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 1700Z, this is the local time across the United States:
| Time zone | Standard time | Daylight time |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern (EST / EDT) | 12:00 PM — R | 1:00 PM — Q |
| Central (CST / CDT) | 11:00 AM — S | 12:00 PM — R |
| Mountain (MST / MDT) | 10:00 AM — T | 11:00 AM — S |
| Pacific (PST / PDT) | 9:00 AM — U | 10:00 AM — T |
| Alaska (AKST / AKDT) | 8:00 AM — V | 9:00 AM — U |
| Hawaii (HST) | 7:00 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 1700Z is 1200R. 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 1700 is your local time
- 1700 Eastern is 2200Z in winter (EST) and 2100Z in summer (EDT).
- 1700 Central is 2300Z in winter (CST) and 2200Z in summer (CDT).
- 1700 Mountain is 0000Z in winter (MST) and 2300Z in summer (MDT).
- 1700 Pacific is 0100Z in winter (PST) and 0000Z in summer (PDT).
Times around 1700
| Change | Military | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| −60 min | 1600 | 4:00 PM |
| −45 min | 1615 | 4:15 PM |
| −30 min | 1630 | 4:30 PM |
| −15 min | 1645 | 4:45 PM |
| This time | 1700 | 5:00 PM |
| +15 min | 1715 | 5:15 PM |
| +30 min | 1730 | 5:30 PM |
| +45 min | 1745 | 5:45 PM |
| +60 min | 1800 | 6:00 PM |
Shifts that start at 1700
- An 8-hour shift starting at 1700 ends at 0100 (1:00 AM the next day).
- A 10-hour shift starting at 1700 ends at 0300 (3:00 AM the next day).
- A 12-hour shift starting at 1700 ends at 0500 (5:00 AM the next day).
- To total the hours on a real time card with breaks, use the time card calculator.
1700 in everyday use
- 1700 is 5:00 PM, the evening part of the day when night shifts, evening classes and dinner reservations happen.
- For 1700 to 1959 the subtract-2 trick still works on the second digit (7 − 2 = 5), but from 2000 on you must subtract 12 from the whole hour.
Frequently asked questions
What is 1700 in regular time?
1700 is 5:00 PM in regular 12-hour time. Subtract 12 from the hour (17 − 12 = 5) and add PM.
Is 1700 AM or PM?
1700 is PM. Military times from 0000 to 1159 are AM and times from 1200 to 2359 are PM.
How do you say 1700 in military time?
Say “seventeen hundred hours.” In radio procedure each digit is spoken separately, so 1700 can also be read digit by digit.
What is 1700 Zulu in Eastern time?
1700Z is 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) and 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).