What is 12:45 military time in standard time?

Most people are familiar with standard time, which uses the 12-hour clock to divide the day into two sections of 12 hours each. However, many professions, such as those in the medical, aviation and military fields, use a 24-hour clock referred to as "military time". This system assigns its own set of numbers to represent each hour in a day. The purpose of using military time is to avoid any possible confusion caused by the two-sectioned 12-hour clock.

Converting from military time to standard time is fairly straightforward. Military time is followed by three characters: 4 numbers that represent the hour and two letters that represent minutes in either "AM" or "PM". For example, 12:45 military time would be written as 1245. Standard time would express this same moment as 12:45 PM. To convert a four-digit military time number into standard time, simply subtract 1200 from it and add one colon in between the 2nd and 3rd numbers.

To understand this conversion better, take a look at 12:45 military time. It would be written as 1245 in military terminology — four digits representing the hour followed by "AM" or "PM". To convert it into standard notation we subtract 1200 which gives us 45 and then add one colon in between the 2nd and 3rd digit — 4:5 — creating a four digit number with two colons that represents standard timing in hh:mm AM/PM form. This means that 12:45 military time convert into 12:45 PM standard notation.