The military clock measures time beginning at midnight and
going for a full 24 hours until the next midnight. The military clock uses hours that are
the same length as the standard clock. For example if it is 6:00 P.M. a military
clock says that it is 1800. You read this time "eighteen hundred". This
simple means that it is 18 hours and 0 minutes after midnight. If it is 8:15 P. M. you say
it is 2015. You read this time "twenty fifteen". This means it is 20 hours and
15 minutes after midnight. The chart below will help you with converting standard time to
military time.