Search from various Engels teachers...
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 dec. 2025 16:43
Antwoorden · 4
4
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 december 2025
3
Read as mid-night
2 december 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 december 2025
1
I just usually say "midnight."
2 december 2025
Heb je je antwoorden nog steeds niet gevonden?
Schrijf je vragen op en laat de moedertaalsprekers je helpen!
Sasha 大萨沙
Taalvaardigheden
Chinees (Mandarijn), Engels, Frans, Oekraïens
Taal die wordt geleerd
Engels
Artikelen die je misschien ook leuk vindt

Santa, St. Nicholas, or Father Christmas? How Christmas Varies Across English-Speaking Countries
11 likes · 4 Opmerkingen

Reflecting on Your Progress: Year-End Language Journal Prompts
10 likes · 3 Opmerkingen

Same Word, Different Meaning: American, British, and South African English
25 likes · 19 Opmerkingen
Meer artikelen
