1315 military time
1315 = 1:15 PM
1315 is quarter past 1 in the afternoon. With a colon it is 13:15.
Convert another time
How to read 1315
1315 is after noon, so subtract 12 from the hours: 13 − 12 = 1. Keep the minutes (15) and add PM: 1:15 PM.
For hours 13 to 19, ignore the 1 and take 2 from the second digit: 13 gives 3 − 2 = 1, PM.
1315 falls in the afternoon: 13 hours and 15 minutes after midnight, 55.2% of the way through the day, with 10 hours and 45 minutes left until the next midnight.
How to say it
Pilots and air traffic controllers say each digit: “one three one five”. Off the radio, people usually read 1315 as two numbers.
Counting hours to and from 1315
Start and end times on a timesheet come down to this subtraction. The decimal column is the form many payroll systems want; the minutes to decimal chart covers every minute.
| Start | Length | Decimal |
|---|---|---|
| 0600 | 7 h 15 min | 7.25 |
| 0700 | 6 h 15 min | 6.25 |
| 0800 | 5 h 15 min | 5.25 |
| 0900 | 4 h 15 min | 4.25 |
| Add | Military | 12-hour |
|---|---|---|
| 1 h | 1415 | 2:15 PM |
| 2 h | 1515 | 3:15 PM |
| 4 h | 1715 | 5:15 PM |
| 8 h | 2115 | 9:15 PM |
| 10 h | 2315 | 11:15 PM |
| 12 h | 0115 | 1:15 AM (next day) |
1315Z: the same moment in other time zones
Written 1315Z, the time is in UTC, and the local clock depends on the zone and the season.
| Zone | Standard time | Summer time |
|---|---|---|
| US Eastern (New York) | 8:15 AM UTC−5 | 9:15 AM UTC−4 |
| US Central (Chicago) | 7:15 AM UTC−6 | 8:15 AM UTC−5 |
| US Mountain (Denver) | 6:15 AM UTC−7 | 7:15 AM UTC−6 |
| US Pacific (Los Angeles) | 5:15 AM UTC−8 | 6:15 AM UTC−7 |
| Alaska (Anchorage) | 4:15 AM UTC−9 | 5:15 AM UTC−8 |
| Hawaii (Honolulu) | 3:15 AM UTC−10 | no change |
| UK (London) | 1:15 PM UTC+0 | 2:15 PM UTC+1 |
| Central Europe (Berlin) | 2:15 PM UTC+1 | 3:15 PM UTC+2 |
| India | 6:45 PM UTC+5:30 | no change |
| Japan and South Korea | 10:15 PM UTC+9 | no change |
| Australia East (Sydney) | 11:15 PM UTC+10 | 12:15 AM (next day) UTC+11 |
For a particular date and city, use the time zone converter, which applies the exact daylight saving dates.
Nearby military times
The full chart is on the military time page.