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Sasha 大萨沙
Hello, everyone!
How would you read the time "00:00" in the 24-hour-clock format in English? Is it "24 hundred"?
I would appreciate your help!
1 déc. 2025 16:43
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The 24-hour format reading for 00:00 is "zero hundred" or formally "zero hundred hours."
However, this is primarily used in military, aviation, or technical contexts. In everyday American and British English, people almost always use the 12-hour clock.
For 00:00 in daily conversation, everyone would simply say "midnight." You can also say "twelve AM." The word "tonight" provides perfect context if you say something like, "The party tonight starts at twelve."
1 décembre 2025
3
Read as mid-night
2 décembre 2025
1
Hey Sasha,
I hope you are doing well. Common ways to say 00:00 are:
1. “midnight” (informal, everyday English)
2. “zero hundred hours” (military/official)
3. “zero zero hundred hours” (more formal military)
In my business English classes, I ask my students to use the second option, whenever they're having a formal conversation.
2 décembre 2025
1
I just usually say "midnight."
2 décembre 2025
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Sasha 大萨沙
Compétences linguistiques
Chinois (mandarin), Anglais, Français, Ukrainien
Langue étudiée
Anglais
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