2000 at a glance
- 12-hour time
- 8:00 PM
- 24-hour clock
- 20:00
- Say it
- twenty hundred hours
- Part of day
- Evening
- Minutes after midnight
- 1,200
- Minutes until midnight
- 240
- Decimal hours
- 20.00
- Share of the day gone
- 83.33%
How to convert 2000 to standard time
- The hour digits are 20, which is past noon. Subtract 12 from the hour: 20 − 12 = 8.
- Keep the minutes (00), insert a colon and add PM: 8:00 PM.
How to say 2000
| Style | How it sounds |
|---|---|
| Military (spoken) | “twenty hundred hours” |
| Short form | “twenty hundred” |
| Radio, digit by digit | “two zero zero zero” |
| Civilian | “eight o’clock in the evening” |
| Written 24-hour | 20:00 or 2000 |
On the hour, the minutes are spoken as “hundred”: 2000 is “twenty hundred hours.”
2000 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 2000Z, this is the local time across the United States:
| Time zone | Standard time | Daylight time |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern (EST / EDT) | 3:00 PM — R | 4:00 PM — Q |
| Central (CST / CDT) | 2:00 PM — S | 3:00 PM — R |
| Mountain (MST / MDT) | 1:00 PM — T | 2:00 PM — S |
| Pacific (PST / PDT) | 12:00 PM — U | 1:00 PM — T |
| Alaska (AKST / AKDT) | 11:00 AM — V | 12:00 PM — U |
| Hawaii (HST) | 10:00 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 2000Z is 1500R. 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 2000 is your local time
- 2000 Eastern is 0100Z in winter (EST) and 0000Z in summer (EDT).
- 2000 Central is 0200Z in winter (CST) and 0100Z in summer (CDT).
- 2000 Mountain is 0300Z in winter (MST) and 0200Z in summer (MDT).
- 2000 Pacific is 0400Z in winter (PST) and 0300Z in summer (PDT).
Times around 2000
| Change | Military | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| −60 min | 1900 | 7:00 PM |
| −45 min | 1915 | 7:15 PM |
| −30 min | 1930 | 7:30 PM |
| −15 min | 1945 | 7:45 PM |
| This time | 2000 | 8:00 PM |
| +15 min | 2015 | 8:15 PM |
| +30 min | 2030 | 8:30 PM |
| +45 min | 2045 | 8:45 PM |
| +60 min | 2100 | 9:00 PM |
Shifts that start at 2000
- An 8-hour shift starting at 2000 ends at 0400 (4:00 AM the next day).
- A 10-hour shift starting at 2000 ends at 0600 (6:00 AM the next day).
- A 12-hour shift starting at 2000 ends at 0800 (8:00 AM the next day).
- To total the hours on a real time card with breaks, use the time card calculator.
2000 in everyday use
- 2000 is 8:00 PM, the evening part of the day when night shifts, evening classes and dinner reservations happen.
- From 2000 on, subtract 12 from the whole hour: 20 − 12 = 8. Reading only the second digit would give 0, which is wrong.
Frequently asked questions
What is 2000 in regular time?
2000 is 8:00 PM in regular 12-hour time. Subtract 12 from the hour (20 − 12 = 8) and add PM.
Is 2000 AM or PM?
2000 is PM. Military times from 0000 to 1159 are AM and times from 1200 to 2359 are PM.
How do you say 2000 in military time?
Say “twenty hundred hours.” In radio procedure each digit is spoken separately, so 2000 can also be read digit by digit.
What is 2000 Zulu in Eastern time?
2000Z is 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) and 4:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).