1850 military time
1850 = 6:50 PM
1850 is 50 minutes past 6 in the evening. With a colon it is 18:50.
Convert another time
How to read 1850
1850 is after noon, so subtract 12 from the hours: 18 − 12 = 6. Keep the minutes (50) and add PM: 6:50 PM.
For hours 13 to 19, ignore the 1 and take 2 from the second digit: 18 gives 8 − 2 = 6, PM.
1850 falls in the evening: 18 hours and 50 minutes after midnight, 78.5% of the way through the day, with 5 hours and 10 minutes left until the next midnight.
How to say it
Pilots and air traffic controllers say each digit: “one eight five zero”. Off the radio, people usually read 1850 as two numbers.
Counting hours to and from 1850
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 | 12 h 50 min | 12.83 |
| 0700 | 11 h 50 min | 11.83 |
| 0800 | 10 h 50 min | 10.83 |
| 0900 | 9 h 50 min | 9.83 |
| Add | Military | 12-hour |
|---|---|---|
| 1 h | 1950 | 7:50 PM |
| 2 h | 2050 | 8:50 PM |
| 4 h | 2250 | 10:50 PM |
| 8 h | 0250 | 2:50 AM (next day) |
| 10 h | 0450 | 4:50 AM (next day) |
| 12 h | 0650 | 6:50 AM (next day) |
1850Z: the same moment in other time zones
Written 1850Z, 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) | 1:50 PM UTC−5 | 2:50 PM UTC−4 |
| US Central (Chicago) | 12:50 PM UTC−6 | 1:50 PM UTC−5 |
| US Mountain (Denver) | 11:50 AM UTC−7 | 12:50 PM UTC−6 |
| US Pacific (Los Angeles) | 10:50 AM UTC−8 | 11:50 AM UTC−7 |
| Alaska (Anchorage) | 9:50 AM UTC−9 | 10:50 AM UTC−8 |
| Hawaii (Honolulu) | 8:50 AM UTC−10 | no change |
| UK (London) | 6:50 PM UTC+0 | 7:50 PM UTC+1 |
| Central Europe (Berlin) | 7:50 PM UTC+1 | 8:50 PM UTC+2 |
| India | 12:20 AM (next day) UTC+5:30 | no change |
| Japan and South Korea | 3:50 AM (next day) UTC+9 | no change |
| Australia East (Sydney) | 4:50 AM (next day) UTC+10 | 5:50 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.