0230 in military time is 2:30 AM.

0230 is 2:30 AM because the hours before noon keep their number.

1. 1Read the first two digits of 0230 as the hour: 02.
2. 2Keep 2 as it is, because the hour is before noon.
3. 3Put the minutes, 30, after the hour and add AM: 2:30 AM.

2:30 AM in military time is 0230.

1. 1Read the hour of 2:30 AM: 2.
2. 2Keep 2 as it is, because the time is before noon.
3. 3Write the hour with two digits and the minutes, 30, after it with no colon: 0230.

Say 0230 out loud as "zero two thirty hours".

The leading zero is spoken, then the hour, then the minutes.

When it is 0230 in one US time zone, the other three clocks read like this.

The times around 0230 each have a page of their own.

The military time chart lists all 24 hours on one page, and the military time converter turns any other time into military time as you type. Take a lunch break off a shift in the hours calculator, or compare more zones in the time zone converter.