0300 in military time is 3:00 AM.
0300 is 3 hours after midnight and 9 hours before noon.
0300 in regular time
3:00 AM
Said out loud: zero three hundred hours.
- Military time
- 0300
- 24-hour clock
- 03:00
- Minutes after midnight
- 180
- Minutes until midnight
- 1,260
0300 is 3:00 AM because the hours before noon keep their number.
- Read the first two digits of 0300 as the hour: 03.
- Keep 3 as it is, because the hour is before noon.
- Put the minutes, 00, after the hour and add AM: 3:00 AM.
The same time on a clock and on the day
On this page
0300 = 3:00 AM
03 stays 3.
Midnight to noon
- 00
- 01
- 02
- 03
- 04
- 05
- 06
- 07
- 08
- 09
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- 11
Noon to midnight
- 12
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3 AM in military time is 0300.
- Read the hour of 3 AM: 3.
- Keep 3 as it is, because the time is before noon.
- Write the hour with two digits and the minutes, 00, after it with no colon: 0300.
Say 0300 out loud as "zero three hundred hours".
The leading zero is spoken, then the hour, then "hundred" because the minutes are 00.
When it is 0300 in one US time zone, the other three clocks read like this.
| ZoneWhen it is 0300 in | ET | CT | MT | PT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ETEastern Time | 3:00 AM | 2:00 AM | 1:00 AM | 12:00 AM |
| CTCentral Time | 4:00 AM | 3:00 AM | 2:00 AM | 1:00 AM |
| MTMountain Time | 5:00 AM | 4:00 AM | 3:00 AM | 2:00 AM |
| PTPacific Time | 6:00 AM | 5:00 AM | 4:00 AM | 3:00 AM |
ET is Eastern Time, CT is Central Time, MT is Mountain Time, PT is Pacific Time.
The times around 0300 each have a page of their own.
| Military time | Regular time | Said out loud |
|---|---|---|
| 0100 | 1:00 AM | zero one hundred hours |
| 0200 | 2:00 AM | zero two hundred hours |
| 0300 | 3:00 AM | zero three hundred hours |
| 0400 | 4:00 AM | zero four hundred hours |
| 0500 | 5:00 AM | zero five hundred hours |
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.
Here are five questions about 0300, answered.
- What is 0300 in regular time?
- 0300 is 3:00 AM. Before noon the hour keeps its number and takes AM, and the minutes stay 00.
- What is 3 AM in military time?
- 3 AM is 0300. In the morning the hour keeps its number, written with two digits and followed by the minutes, 00.
- How do you say 0300 in military time?
- Say "zero three hundred hours". The leading zero is spoken, then the hour, then "hundred" because the minutes are 00.
- Is 0300 AM or PM?
- AM. Every military time from 0000 to 1159 is before noon, and 0300 is 9 hours before noon.
- What is 0300 Eastern Time in Pacific Time?
- 0300 Eastern Time is 12:00 AM Pacific Time, three hours earlier on the clock. The table above has all four zones.
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