How to Tell Military Time | Boot Camp

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"In basic training you're gonna hear your drill sergeant say meet me at 3pm. Actually you're not because we don't use civilian time in the military. The military uses what's call the military time! Because civilian time isn't good enough for us, so let me teach you how to tell military time so you and your drill serge can be on the same page. First of all civilian use a 12 hour clock, so at noon the clock starts over again at 1pm-okay. The military uses a 24 hour clock, so at noon the number continues; 13, 14, 15 and so on-all the way to twenty four hundred hours or zero hundred hours which is the exact same time. In military time there is no need for an am or pm. The military clock starts at zero hundred hours and ends at twenty three hundred and fifty nine hours. If you drill sergeant tells you to meet at zero eight hundred hours, that means 8am. If your drill sergeant tells you to meet at twenty hundred hours that would be 8pm, so you just add 12 to anything after noon. Pretty simple huh-AS A TIP the morning hour are exactly the same. In the afternoon though you just simply subtract 12 from what your sergeant says. So that's gonna give you the civilian equivalent. Hopefully this clear things up for you and if you have a digital watch it's most likely has the military function on there, so practice before you get to basic training set that digital watch to military time so you can make it second nature by the time you arrive at basic training.
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[@MetalBrawl1]

I find the 24 hour clock is less confusing than the 12 hour clock.

[@r4ls3i60]

I like the 24 hour clock better but most clocks only have up to the number 12 on them. But it was easy for me to convert 12 hour clock to 24 hour clock. 24 hour clock is more helpful in: -Transportation {e.g. airports, bus services, etc.} -Healthcare facilities {To avoid confusion that may lead to significant accidents}

[@r4ls3i60]

@@ralphbrionez4858 It’s just me talking about the 24 hour clock.

[@ToyotaTacomaOfficial]

The 12 hour clock isn't really too difficult it's just an unnecessary extra step. I do still think the 24 hour time format makes more sense however

[@B1Baller]

Same lol

[@starcade90]

@@ToyotaTacomaOfficial It avoids having to add AM or PM.

[@magnusalexandros4562]

Just subtract 2 from the second number. 19:00 (9-2=7) 7:00pm. You’re welcome

[@MikeyLovett9]

I feel dumb watching this since I leave for basic at the end of the month. I just wanted to know how to pronounce 2000 hours.

[@javonnie871]

Michael Lovett twenty hundred hours. that means 8:00 PM just so you know.

[@polelanikhiljoy2038]

@@javonnie871 hey wanna ask u a question...if it is 3 pm they say 1500h hrs [fifteen hundred hours],so here my question why they say in hundredth hours like 8 hundred hrs, 14 hundred hrs, 18 hundred hrs....why and how?

[@theazashtarian0001]

@@polelanikhiljoy2038 i am a soldier in the army and i have no fukin idea why they keep telling hours like that it's makes me confused

[@scottprice4892]

Because it’s how the English have always done it hence the Americans followed suit,would be a bit odd saying one thousand 300 hours hours don’t you think

[@camilogyllback7193]

@@theazashtarian0001 The rest of the world uses military time so whenever you are on an international mission you could get understood. In your own civil ware you can keep on using civil time.

[@zizachz]

Normally we would just say "sixteen forty four" the only time you'll really ever hear "hundred" is if the time ends in 00 as in 1300 (Thirteen hundred). And when typing military time you do not use a colon, it will be typed as 0000, 0100, 2359, etc.

[@njc9911]

This is what I came here for. Thank you

[@PelianLP]

Well in Germany 24h is the standard civilian format. One problem less :)

[@charlottevanlangevelde1114]

Not exactly. We (Im from the Netherlands) do use the 24 hour clock but we use the 12h clock orally. So we see 17:00 but still say 5 o’clock.. In the military they actually say seventeenhundred hours.

[@levko4738]

@@charlottevanlangevelde1114 In Germany both are acceptable, you can say 5 o'clock or you can say 17:00. I personally always use the latter one

[@frostythepervert6603]

Just - 1 from the first digit and - 2 from the second. Example: 23:00 Take 1 away from the 2 take 2 away from the 3 11:00

[@TrayJD]

Frosty The Pervert at first I couldn't fully understand the video But all u did was subtract our 12 hours against military time.. And now I understand😂😂 *example* I'm given a time gap to do something between 20:00 & 21:00 20:00 21:00 or 2,000 2,100 -12:00 -12:00 or -1,200 -1,200 8:00 9:00 or 0800 0900

[@thelastnation2159]

What about 20:00

[@deebo2xx]

@@thelastnation2159 20-12=8:00

[@humanweapon100]

I guess we Europeans are all soldiers.

[@antoniomatta9633]

Exactly 😎

[@marekwachowiak1988]

Bruh this is just 24 hours format! Military time? Who made that ? A lot o countries like Poland where I’m from use this normally

[@wisteriaaaaa]

i wanna be friends with this guy. also the music is so unnecessarily aggressive, i love it

[@DarthHugsALot]

subtract 12... piff, just subtract 2, it's simpler and faster.

[@xdalbrett3206]

I been saying the same thing 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@dutchman2205]

Funny, almost the whole world uses that 'special military time'! It's brought like its abracadabra. Wake up in 2015 USA, start using the metric system as well! :-)

[@jonathanhomsky5920]

Dutchman 2 actually unlike metric, the 12 hour system and 24 hour system is divided quite equally internationally

[@ipsurvivor]

You still have a problem when the clock changes over because the end of the previous cycle is the beginning of the new cycle... Military planes probably are scheduled to leave at 2401 instead of oo or 24 for the same reason commercial flights never have tickets that say 12:00 am. It’s always a minute or two afterwards because it’s confusing otherwise.

[@Ni5ei]

@@ipsurvivor What could be confusing? 0 hundred hours and 24 hundred hours are the same. How could you confuse that with 12 hundred hours? 12am and 12pm are more likely to confuse since you're going from 11:59am to 12:00pm / 11:59pm to 12:00am. Why doesn't 12:00pm follow 11:59pm? And then start using am for 12:01am etcetera

[@ipsurvivor]

Ni5ei - I didn’t say that I was confusing 00 or 24 with 1200... The confusion would be which day or date is being referenced.

[@vbuszko]

I just bought this Chinese knockoff Apple Watch that only has military time😂

[@lhzawk]

😂

[@tropicalrainforest902]

This what we do in the uk except we say 1o'clock which means 1300

[@Urban4Wheeler]

Thank u for clearing that up , super easy now . I had just started using this do to my job for scheduling and was trying to learn it . This was a great video really easy now .

[@Ooochild]

How do you _say_ "one minute after midnight, in military speak? How do you say 00:01?

[@iLunyr]

You'd just say "zero hundred one hours" or "zero hundred and one hours." :)

[@theanimalkeaper]

I thought everyone in the world used this time. where I live we call it 24 hour am and pm 12 hour but I don't know anyone who uses 12 hour. :) not trying to be mean :)))

[@starrlee3555]

I live in America and this guy is a American soldier if you are anywhere else then you wouldn't understand. in America we use 12 hour

[@iimapriince]

Sweet, quick and to the point; thanks!

[@gregoryjohnson5825]

Thank you I learned a lot from you

[@jadamawesome2675]

I'm a retired DS, DS is short for Drill Sergeant. I did it back in 2000 to 2007 I was just watching.

[@antoniomatta9633]

In France we use it as normal time but we don't put it as one number, like we say 18h and 20 minutes or things like that not 1820.

[@johnmelvin7892]

Reminds me of school in Scotland back in the seventies. Taught metric in measurements but on starting an engineering apprenticeship it was back to inches. Still think like the Americans do in thou's rather than in hundredths of a mm, although it's easy to use both the imperial measuring system and the metric one.

[@nettie1485]

I've taught myself as kid how to use military time. But I still count it out on my fingers. 😂😂😂

[@dvpquadrinhos]

I'ts so funny because in South America we just use 24h and this guy in the video makes that a big deal, like 12h clock is not good enough for us uhauhaua come on, everybody uses that buddy. I don't wanna be mean but the way how he presents that is really funny tho.

[@ImReadyD151]

+De Volta Para Os Quadrinhos This video is geared for people living in the United States. No one really uses the 24 hour clock here except military.

[@dvpquadrinhos]

oh ok, makes sense. Since I moved to Canada I noticed that a lot of people get confused when look to my clocks. The good is that they think you are doing maths calc every time you check the time uhauahua

[@ImReadyD151]

+De Volta Para Os Quadrinhos lol

[@joshuanoe5468]

So it's not so simple to you so you rant? Ok then you do you you it's very easy

[@mr.nobody5251]

Lol I passed my physical so now I'm waiting for enlistment and studying a bit 😂

[@YourAashique]

Watching this on 13th July 2024 at 1226 hours IST.

[@ryanmathis8286]

The only thing that confuses me is the 12:00 pm hour why can”t that be 2434,2435 and then 1am hour be 0100,0101 it makes so much more sense how can you have a zero hour can someone explain the logic.

[@johnsalerno4319]

Good perspective. I'm almost perfectly used to it.

[@niko2002]

If you want this less confusing for you civilians, then the easiest example is instead of doing the math all at once break it down, an example would be 5pm all you have to do is 2 plus which is 7pm and then add 10 and you should get 19:00. Again 19:00 minus 2 which is 17:00 then minus 10 and you should be 7pm. Just keep it simple and you'll get military time and regular time instantly.

[@lucashernandez8146]

I knew how to tell military time and i didn't realize it until now.

[@myamontiel4475]

that really helped me a lot

[@YourAashique]

How to say '0045 hours' & '2356 hours'?

[@matejblahut7881]

America wake up? Everyone else uses 24 hours format time

[@HisShadowX]

In Marine Corps boot camp also you need To understand when to say, ‘Good morning, Good afternoon, and Good evening’ failure to greet a Drill Instructor with the correct time or day or if you fail to greet him or her at all will cause problems. Good morning should be sued from 00:00 - 1159 (12:00AM - 11:59AM) Good afternoon is used from 1200 - 1559 (12:00PM - 3:59 PM) Good evening is used from 1600 - 23:59 (4:00PM - 11:59PM) Never, ever fail to step to the side when a Drill Instructor or Marine comes within your direction and greet the Marine. If you see an Officer you have to salute. Also a tip always get out of the way of a Drill Instructor never walk in the same path as a Drill Instructor has they have the right to beat you have you come in their path.

[@opaljordan3755]

I wish Americans were taught to use military time so we aren’t so confused when entering military

[@tyrson9536]

We have same time in europe XD

[@weedalienpleiadiansaryansg9606]

FOR MILITARY OR FOR EVERYTHING?!

[@thiantromp6607]

WEED ALIEN PLEIADIANS ARYANS GOSPEL everything

[@beartackle]

Just curious. In Europe, do you say it the same way as military time? Do you say "18 hundred hours" or do you say "18 o'clock?"

[@gustavsundberg1937]

@@beartackle usaly we just say 6 o’clock or just 18 for example “‘I’ts 6 o’clock” or “i’ts 18 o’clock”

[@simongenius1]

@AnnaSambo Same reason they don't say "yes" or "no". It's "affirmative/roger" or "negative"... less likely to be misheard when you are shouting it over explosions and gunfires.

[@angelle2788]

This video helped a lot thanks

[@TeamLeaderPG]

How do you say "9:28 pm and 14 seconds" or just 9:28:14pm in Military time?? Does it take longer to sound out?

[@r6u356une56ney]

"twenty one twenty eight and fourteen seconds"

[@warplanner8852]

USMC Zero three means 0300, zero four means 0400, etc. For those of us in the USAF, it's "when Mickey's big hand is on the.." ;-}

[@gopishahane8299]

Thank you

[@masteryoda5656]

I got taught the correct way to tell time in sea cadets never forgot it

[@itstillaintjay2827]

The DS uses military time that’s why I’m here

[@ayadeluvio7468]

wtching frm cabadbaran agusan del norte

[@bastif884]

hallo from germany😂

[@heatherjasper97]

I think it's cool you guys use the 24-hour clock.

[@rogerchavez2237]

Basti F why is it funny

[@tylerbates7957]

very helpful.

[@35774]

No Doubt🙉

[@kyroodith]

Not really, you said add 12 at noon then two seconds later you said subtract 12 at noon

[@ToyotaTacomaOfficial]

I literally set my phone to the 24 hour time format lol

[@iloveskulls7]

can someone tell me if we are talking to someone in military time and we say its "16:44" after we say 16:44 are we suppose to say "hundred hours" or can we just say 16:44? thank you

[@r6u356une56ney]

You don't say "hundred" unless its :00 - and you never say "hours", contrary to what the video says. So yes, 16:44 is "sixteen forty-four"

[@Ar3kn]

or if its 16:00 just minus 2 from the 6 and its 4pm

[@gernhartreinholzen3992]

So "military time" is just European time.

[@OM-md6ki]

Cool dude! I now know mil time!!!

[@iCEEOps]

dude i just want to know how what 11:30 am is in military time smh

[@joshuanoe5468]

I thank you

[@Kristiansolis15]

I usually go to bed between 2300 and 200 hours

[@borisabramovich3166]

all world use 24 format, but of course USA is special

[@josephstalin2632]

The only time the acu could work

[@sthral]

@gameaccount159 zulu time is the GMT time. It's another thing.

[@Kristiansolis15]

1000 hours is 10 AM. And 2000 hours is 8 PM

[@ARM_DM]

Or subtract the second number from the afternoon times..........

[@Wendy-rv3mh]

civilian and military time? Isn't that called 12 and 24 hour time?

[@red-wing3505]

Who just watched to to figure out how to set your 2DS time

[@oliviabadger8308]

HE SAYS AFTERNOON ADD TWELVE AFTERNOON SUBTRACT CAN SOME ONE PLEASE HELP ME I HAVE A TIME TEST IN TWO DAYS!

[@javonnie871]

Olivia Badger i'll help.

[@Kristiansolis15]

For example 1500 hours is good

[@fortnitejonesy8852]

Bro i use this all the time

[@georgeschlaline2999]

Everyone gets it the first day

[@winteeer8077]

So basically i will just minus 12 from what time the person i am talking with? Anyone please answer...

[@jenniferaprilnolasco9004]

Correct. 2000 is 8P.M. For example, 2000-1200=0800

[@winteeer8077]

@@jenniferaprilnolasco9004 thanks buddy!!

[@r6u356une56ney]

You don't say HOURS. If its "3pm" civilian time, then the time is just "fifteen hundred" NOT "fifteen hundred HOURS" -

[@TheGeneratorCell1]

𝙸𝚝'𝚜 13:15

[@WannabeFaze]

Thanks

[@Sammakko7]

I use "militarytime"

[@joshuahmaldonado3861]

This is to hard for me I can’t learn this

[@elvarragnars8304]

24 hour clock is used in Europe like I live in Iceland 🇮🇸

[@nh7tr]

His audience is the american public entering Basic Training. In the US, it is the standard unless someone is of a healthcare profession.

[@ze62948]

I know military time,i live in Europe :D

[@theflyingpunyo3696]

anyone else know how to tell military time, but not know how to properly pronounce it?

[@BitovsupportEUNE]

Literally every european time XD

[@kmoney4648]

What’s with the marine patch

[@fwwryh7862]

Needs more music and jokes. 24 hundred hours which is the exact same time. To what? Clear as mud.

[@alexkrycek8140]

actually the navy coined military time for submarines

[@Kaotix_music]

if you say be here at 1 in the military, we know 1AM. when someone says be here at 1300 hours. we know it means 1PM

[@averagebonakid7734]

How do you say 0930? Ss it zero nine hundred and thirty hours?

[@r6u356une56ney]

"zero nine thirty".. Or "oh nine thirty"

[@rozemo7953]

it’s zero oh two hours

[@christweed1353]

military time is way easier than regular time

[@LeviathanBeast]

if he says be here at 00:05 that means 12:05 AM

[@javonnie871]

LeviathanBeast1998 yep

[@naomii494]

I’m sill Confused

[@stephcorbin1682]

That's the french. Way to tel time :D

[@Bobo3000TheGorilla]

Thank you so much amen i love christ god bless himself and i pray for you amen i love christ

[@joshuacortez9356]

You’re not even in the real army that’s a reserve or natty light unit patch

[@TheOneTheyCallShandy]

I like how Americans needs help with basic math.

[@AngelMendoza-to4gd]

The real question is why we American civilians are the only ones that don’t use it?

[@MaximZhuravlevYT]

The US is not alone in this case. There are some other countries where the civilians don't use and don't understand 24-hours clock.

[@greatcoalition]

how do you say 1:17 in military time?

[@jeffhardy44545PlaysROBLOX]

is that am or pm

[@MaximZhuravlevYT]

1:17 AM is 1:17, while 1:17 PM is 13:17 (added 12 to hours)

[@fierylava12]

Why didn't he just say "be here at 1PM" or "be here at 1AM."

[@andreitodor6480]

As a European I find it easy

[@sophiawisdom5579]

Typo -12 😭

[@Kitakueigo]

How would you say 1:01 am? zero one hundred one hours?

[@javonnie871]

KitakuEigo yep

[@r6u356une56ney]

Nope. "zero one oh one".. No "hours" suffix, ever.

[@seanisswat22]

Shawn man he means 24:00 hours

[@jeffhardy44545PlaysROBLOX]

that's AM 12:00 in the morning will be 00:00

[@realdragon]

I came here to flex on Americans because "military time" is standard for me

[@rayannabobbitt9715]

I still don't get it

[@NitroRonin23]

Rayanna Bobbitt 15:00 hours means 3:00 because 15 - 12 is 3. you always subtract 12 :) thats the secret. unless its still morning. then, 800 hours just means 8 AM

[@javonnie871]

Rayanna Bobbitt 13:00 would mean 1:00 pm and 01:00 would mean 1:00 am. but you would pronounced 13:00 as thirteen hundred hours and 01:00 as zero-one hundred hours. military time is used to keep them from getting confused on the civilian time which uses AM and/or PM

[@comserv1]

No self respecting person uses a digital watch