0000 Military Time
0000 = 12:00 AM. Say it: “zero zero hundred hours.”
12:00 AM
zero zero hundred hours
How 0000 converts to 12:00 AM
0000 is the day's start: midnight. In 12-hour time that's 12:00 AM. Minutes stay as they are.
Midnight hour: the day's first minutes — hospital med passes, night audits, and 24-hour diners live here. If you log shifts in this format, the time card calculator accepts 24-hour times directly.
0000 at a glance
| 24-hour (military) | 0000 |
|---|---|
| 12-hour (regular) | 12:00 AM |
| Spoken | “zero zero hundred hours” |
| Part of day | Morning (AM) |
| On a timesheet | 00:00 |
A shift that starts at 0000
An 8-hour shift starting at 0000 ends at 0800 (clock out 8:00 AM). A 12-hour shift — the nursing standard — runs to 1200. Working from 0000 to 1700 is 17 hours; subtract an unpaid 30-minute lunch and the payable total is 16.5.
0000 — questions people ask
What is 0000 military time in 12-hour format?
0000 military time = 12:00 AM (just after midnight). 0000 is the day's start: midnight. In 12-hour time that's 12:00 AM. Minutes stay as they are.
How do you say 0000?
Say the hour, then the minutes: “zero zero hundred hours.” In casual settings many people just say “12.”
Is 0000 AM or PM?
AM — 0000–0059 is the first hour after midnight (12:xx AM).