1500 in military time is 3:00 PM.
1500 is 15 hours after midnight and 3 hours after noon.
1500 in regular time
3:00 PM
Said out loud: fifteen hundred hours.
- Military time
- 1500
- 24-hour clock
- 15:00
- Minutes after midnight
- 900
- Minutes until midnight
- 540
1500 is 3:00 PM because 15 minus 12 is 3.
- Read the first two digits of 1500 as the hour: 15.
- Subtract 12, because the hour is after noon: 15 − 12 = 3.
- Put the minutes, 00, after the hour and add PM: 3:00 PM.
The same time on a clock and on the day
On this page
1500 = 3:00 PM
15 − 12 = 3. The inner 3 sits beside the outer 15.
Midnight to noon
- 00
- 01
- 02
- 03
- 04
- 05
- 06
- 07
- 08
- 09
- 10
- 11
Noon to midnight
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
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- 21
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- 23
3 PM in military time is 1500.
- Read the hour of 3 PM: 3.
- Add 12, because the time is PM: 3 + 12 = 15.
- Write the hour with two digits and the minutes, 00, after it with no colon: 1500.
Say 1500 out loud as "fifteen hundred hours".
Read the hour as a number, then say "hundred" because the minutes are 00.
When it is 1500 in one US time zone, the other three clocks read like this.
| ZoneWhen it is 1500 in | ET | CT | MT | PT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ETEastern Time | 3:00 PM | 2:00 PM | 1:00 PM | 12:00 PM |
| CTCentral Time | 4:00 PM | 3:00 PM | 2:00 PM | 1:00 PM |
| MTMountain Time | 5:00 PM | 4:00 PM | 3:00 PM | 2:00 PM |
| PTPacific Time | 6:00 PM | 5:00 PM | 4:00 PM | 3:00 PM |
ET is Eastern Time, CT is Central Time, MT is Mountain Time, PT is Pacific Time.
The times around 1500 each have a page of their own.
| Military time | Regular time | Said out loud |
|---|---|---|
| 1300 | 1:00 PM | thirteen hundred hours |
| 1400 | 2:00 PM | fourteen hundred hours |
| 1500 | 3:00 PM | fifteen hundred hours |
| 1600 | 4:00 PM | sixteen hundred hours |
| 1700 | 5:00 PM | seventeen 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 1500, answered.
- What is 1500 in regular time?
- 1500 is 3:00 PM. After noon, subtract 12 from the hour, 15 − 12 = 3, then add PM, and the minutes stay 00.
- What is 3 PM in military time?
- 3 PM is 1500. After noon, add 12 to the hour: 3 + 12 = 15, followed by the minutes, 00.
- How do you say 1500 in military time?
- Say "fifteen hundred hours". Read the hour as a number, then say "hundred" because the minutes are 00.
- Is 1500 AM or PM?
- PM. Every military time from 1200 to 2359 is after noon, and 1500 is 3 hours after noon.
- What is 1500 Eastern Time in Pacific Time?
- 1500 Eastern Time is 12:00 PM Pacific Time, three hours earlier on the clock. The table above has all four zones.
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