1200 in military time is 12:00 PM, which is noon.
1200 is exactly 12 hours after midnight, and it is noon.
1200 in regular time
12:00 PM
Said out loud: twelve hundred hours.
- Military time
- 1200
- 24-hour clock
- 12:00
- Minutes after midnight
- 720
- Minutes until midnight
- 720
1200 is 12:00 PM because noon keeps the number 12.
- Read the first two digits of 1200 as the hour: 12.
- Keep 12 as it is, because noon is the 12 o'clock hour.
- Put the minutes, 00, after the hour and add PM: 12:00 PM.
The same time on a clock and on the day
On this page
1200 = 12:00 PM
12 stays 12.
Midnight to noon
- 00
- 01
- 02
- 03
- 04
- 05
- 06
- 07
- 08
- 09
- 10
- 11
Noon to midnight
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
12 PM in military time is 1200.
- Read the hour of 12 PM: 12.
- Keep 12 as it is, because 12 PM is noon.
- Write the hour with two digits and the minutes, 00, after it with no colon: 1200.
Say 1200 out loud as "twelve hundred hours".
Read the hour as a number, then say "hundred" because the minutes are 00.
When it is 1200 in one US time zone, the other three clocks read like this.
| ZoneWhen it is 1200 in | ET | CT | MT | PT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ETEastern Time | 12:00 PM | 11:00 AM | 10:00 AM | 9:00 AM |
| CTCentral Time | 1:00 PM | 12:00 PM | 11:00 AM | 10:00 AM |
| MTMountain Time | 2:00 PM | 1:00 PM | 12:00 PM | 11:00 AM |
| PTPacific Time | 3:00 PM | 2:00 PM | 1:00 PM | 12:00 PM |
ET is Eastern Time, CT is Central Time, MT is Mountain Time, PT is Pacific Time.
The times around 1200 each have a page of their own.
| Military time | Regular time | Said out loud |
|---|---|---|
| 1000 | 10:00 AM | ten hundred hours |
| 1100 | 11:00 AM | eleven hundred hours |
| 1200 | 12:00 PM | twelve hundred hours |
| 1300 | 1:00 PM | thirteen hundred hours |
| 1400 | 2:00 PM | fourteen 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 1200, answered.
- What is 1200 in regular time?
- 1200 is 12:00 PM, noon. At 12 the hour keeps its number and takes PM, and the minutes stay 00.
- What is 12 PM in military time?
- 12 PM is 1200. Noon keeps the number 12, so nothing is added.
- How do you say 1200 in military time?
- Say "twelve hundred hours". Read the hour as a number, then say "hundred" because the minutes are 00.
- Is 1200 AM or PM?
- PM. 1200 is noon, written 12:00 PM, and every military time from 1200 to 2359 is PM.
- What is 1200 Eastern Time in Pacific Time?
- 1200 Eastern Time is 9:00 AM Pacific Time, three hours earlier on the clock. The table above has all four zones.
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