17:20 in 12 hour time - What is 17:20 military time

17:20 time in the 12-hour clock time convention is 05:20 pm.

Regular time, normal time, and standard time are synonyms for the twelve-hour clock.

17:20 is the 24-hour clock equivalent of 05:20 pm.

Military time means the 24-hour clock time convention without a colon between the hours and minutes: 1720.

17:20 = 5:20 PM

Clock Format	Time
24-hour clock	17:20
12-hour clock (AM/PM)	5:20 PM

What Time is 17:20 Hours?

This page shows you what 17:25 is in AM/PM (12 hours) format. For a little refresher on time math, see our page here. The time 17:25 may also be expressed in military time. In this format, it may be called 1725 hours. This is also the same as 5:25 PM in 12-hour time.

24-hour clock	12-hour clock
17:20	05:20 PM
17:21	05:21 PM
17:22	05:22 PM
17:23	05:23 PM
17:24	05:24 PM
17:25	05:25 PM
17:26	05:26 PM
17:27	05:27 PM
17:28	05:30 PM
17:29	05:29 PM
17:30	05:30 PM

Fun facts: The 24-hour clock is sometimes called military time. Also, the “am” and “pm” in the 12-hour clock stand for “ante meridiem” and “post meridiem”, which come from Latin. They mean “before midday” and “after midday” respectively.

Keep reading to learn the math involved in changing 17:20.

How to convert from 24-hour to 12-hour format

The conversion from 24-hour (or military) time to 12-hour (AM/PM) time is quite simple. In 12-hour times, the day is split into two distinct parts: before noon and afternoon. When the time is before noon (12:00 in 24-hour time), we append “AM” to the time. When the time is afternoon (after midday), we append “PM”.

Let’s start with a simple case, times that are before noon.

Example: 07:30

The time is before noon (before 12:00), therefore we append “AM”
07:30 is equal to 7:30 AM

Things are slightly different in the second half of the day. In a 12-hour clock, as the name suggests, we only count up until 12. In the afternoon, we take the 24-hour time and subtract 12 hours from it to get the 12-hour time.

Example: 16:25

The time is afternoon (after 12:00), therefore we append “PM”
The time is afternoon, therefore we subtract 12 from the hour: 16 – 12 = 4
16:25 is equal to 4:25 PM

FAQs

What is another way to say 17:20?

5:20 in the evening.

What is 17:20 in a 24-hour clock?

17:20

What is 17:20 in a 12-hour clock?

5:20 PM
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17:20 Conversion

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