military time

English

Noun

Examples (system)
zero five forty-three zulu = 05:43Z = 5.43 a.m. GMT

military time (uncountable)

1. (US, Canada) The 24-hour clock.
   • 2009, David Pogue, Mac OS X Snow Leopard (The Missing Manual), O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 320:

     Tip: If you're frustrated that the Mac is showing you the 24-hour “military time” on your menu bar (that is, 17:30 instead of 5:30 p.m.)—or that it isn't showing military time when you'd like it to—click the Clock tab and turn “Use a 24-hour clock” on or off.

2. (military, US and allied forces) A specific system of denoting and pronouncing the times of the 24-hour clock.
   • 2014, Eric Van Lustbader, The Testament‎^[1], Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

     Again, Bravo pointed. “Look!” As they watched, they saw a ghostly shape rising slowly out of the sea. Jenny, glancing at her watch, said, “One, five, three, zero. Fifteen-thirty—it's military time! Three-thirty in the afternoon.

See also

• Zulu time