is it 20 hundred hours? that sounds funny, but what else could it be?
2006-11-07 07:51:25 · 30 answers · asked by sunny 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Twenty hundred hours is correct. Sounds funny, but true.
2006-11-07 07:53:49 · answer #1 · answered by quatrapiller 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is pronounced 20 hundred , in reality it is the 20th hour of the day. the hundred comes from the minutes being designated as 00. A lot of countries use the 24 hour clock, it is less confusing when you think about it. no need to specify am or pm.
2006-11-07 08:01:38 · answer #2 · answered by alex 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is 20 hundred hours
2006-11-07 08:08:01 · answer #3 · answered by Sherry83 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Military operates off a 24-hour clock, beginning at midnight (which is 0000 hours). So, 1:00 AM is 0100 hours, 2:00 AM is 0200 hours, and so-on up until 11:00 PM which is 2300 hours.
Here's the whole list:
Civilian Time Military Time
Midnight (12:00 AM) 0000 hrs
1:00 AM 0100 hrs
2:00 AM 0200 hrs
3:00 AM 0300 hrs
4:00 AM 0400 hrs
5:00 AM 0500 hrs
6:00 AM 0600 hrs
7:00 AM 0700 hrs
8:00 AM 0800 hrs
9:00 AM 0900 hrs
10:00 AM
1000 hrs
11:00 AM 1100 hrs
12:00 PM 1200 hrs
1:00 PM 1300 hrs
2:00 PM 1400 hrs
3:00 PM 1500 hrs
4:00 PM 1600 hrs
5:00 PM 1700 hrs
6:00 PM 1800 hrs
7:00 PM 1900 hrs
8:00 PM 2000 hrs
9:00 PM 2100 hrs
10:00 PM 2200 hrs
11:00 PM 2300 hrs
Minutes are listed in the third and 4th number position. So, 5:15 AM is 0515 hrs. 10:30 PM is 2230 hrs.
2006-11-07 07:54:57 · answer #4 · answered by tmcs1959 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually it is 20 hundred, but they don't say hours - that's just in the movies.
2006-11-07 07:54:21 · answer #5 · answered by gatheringplace2002 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
20 hundred hours
2006-11-07 07:53:09 · answer #6 · answered by fat_american 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sir,
You add 1200 to all time post meridian.
Thus 8:00 pm becomes 2000 hours.
Sir
If you wanted 1:37 pm you would get 1337 hours
2006-11-07 07:55:26 · answer #7 · answered by Genius_average 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is 20 hundred.
2006-11-07 07:53:12 · answer #8 · answered by luv_tennessee 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends. In general parlance, twenty hundred is common. However, on the radio, everything is spelled out number by number.
So, "Tenty Hundred" would become "Two-zero-hundred", "Two-zero-zero-zero" or "Two thousand" depending on your unit SOP's. Same applies to addiong minutes into the mix. At quarter past eight in the evening, the time would be, on the radio "two zero one five hours"
2006-11-07 08:07:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
20 hundred hours. lol
2006-11-07 07:53:26 · answer #10 · answered by Sandy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋