1600 in military time is 4:00 PM.
1600 is 16 hours after midnight and 4 hours after noon.
1600 in regular time
4:00 PM
Said out loud: sixteen hundred hours.
- Military time
- 1600
- 24-hour clock
- 16:00
- Minutes after midnight
- 960
- Minutes until midnight
- 480
1600 is 4:00 PM because 16 minus 12 is 4.
- Read the first two digits of 1600 as the hour: 16.
- Subtract 12, because the hour is after noon: 16 − 12 = 4.
- Put the minutes, 00, after the hour and add PM: 4:00 PM.
The same time on a clock and on the day
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1600 = 4:00 PM
16 − 12 = 4. The inner 4 sits beside the outer 16.
Midnight to noon
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- 01
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Noon to midnight
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4 PM in military time is 1600.
- Read the hour of 4 PM: 4.
- Add 12, because the time is PM: 4 + 12 = 16.
- Write the hour with two digits and the minutes, 00, after it with no colon: 1600.
Say 1600 out loud as "sixteen hundred hours".
Read the hour as a number, then say "hundred" because the minutes are 00.
When it is 1600 in one US time zone, the other three clocks read like this.
| ZoneWhen it is 1600 in | ET | CT | MT | PT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ETEastern Time | 4:00 PM | 3:00 PM | 2:00 PM | 1:00 PM |
| CTCentral Time | 5:00 PM | 4:00 PM | 3:00 PM | 2:00 PM |
| MTMountain Time | 6:00 PM | 5:00 PM | 4:00 PM | 3:00 PM |
| PTPacific Time | 7:00 PM | 6:00 PM | 5:00 PM | 4:00 PM |
ET is Eastern Time, CT is Central Time, MT is Mountain Time, PT is Pacific Time.
The times around 1600 each have a page of their own.
| Military time | Regular time | Said out loud |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1800 | 6:00 PM | eighteen 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 1600, answered.
- What is 1600 in regular time?
- 1600 is 4:00 PM. After noon, subtract 12 from the hour, 16 − 12 = 4, then add PM, and the minutes stay 00.
- What is 4 PM in military time?
- 4 PM is 1600. After noon, add 12 to the hour: 4 + 12 = 16, followed by the minutes, 00.
- How do you say 1600 in military time?
- Say "sixteen hundred hours". Read the hour as a number, then say "hundred" because the minutes are 00.
- Is 1600 AM or PM?
- PM. Every military time from 1200 to 2359 is after noon, and 1600 is 4 hours after noon.
- What is 1600 Eastern Time in Pacific Time?
- 1600 Eastern Time is 1:00 PM Pacific Time, three hours earlier on the clock. The table above has all four zones.
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