0600 Military Time

0600 = 6:00 AM. Say it: “zero six hundred hours.”

6:00 AM
zero six hundred hours

How 0600 converts to 6:00 AM

The hour 06 is in 01–11, so it's AM: keep the hour (6), drop the leading zero; minutes (0) don't change. Result: 6:00 AM.

Sunrise block: school bus depots, hospital day-shift handovers, and construction morning huddles. If you log shifts in this format, the time card calculator accepts 24-hour times directly.

0600 at a glance

24-hour (military)0600
12-hour (regular)6:00 AM
Spoken“zero six hundred hours”
Part of dayMorning (AM)
On a timesheet06:00

A shift that starts at 0600

An 8-hour shift starting at 0600 ends at 1400 (clock out 2:00 PM). A 12-hour shift — the nursing standard — runs to 1800. Working from 0600 to 1700 is 11 hours; subtract an unpaid 30-minute lunch and the payable total is 10.5.

0600 — questions people ask

What is 0600 military time in 12-hour format?
0600 military time = 6:00 AM. The hour 06 is in 01–11, so it's AM: keep the hour (6), drop the leading zero; minutes (0) don't change. Result: 6:00 AM.
How do you say 0600?
Say the hour, then the minutes: “zero six hundred hours.” In casual settings many people just say “6.”
Is 0600 AM or PM?
AM — hours 0100–1159 are morning hours, so 0600 = 6:00 AM.