What time is 17:00?


Solution

17:00 = 5:00 PM

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17:00 is 5:00 PM on a 12-hour clock and "17:00 Hours" in Military Time. We use this system throughout the world (not just the military) and leverages a 24-hour time clock rather than the 12-hour AM/PM system known to most English-speaking countries. Below are ways to convert 17:00 through a time chart, automated calculator, and ways to convert by hand.

24-hour format 12-hour format
17:00 5:00 PM

17:00 conversion cheat sheet & time chart

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Morning Hours

Military Time Regular Time 24-Hour Time
0000 12:00 AM 00:00
0100 01:00 AM 01:00
0200 02:00 AM 02:00
0300 03:00 AM 03:00
0400 04:00 AM 04:00
0500 05:00 AM 05:00
0600 06:00 AM 06:00
0700 07:00 AM 07:00
0800 08:00 AM 08:00
0900 09:00 AM 09:00
1000 10:00 AM 10:00
1100 11:00 AM 11:00

Afternoon Hours

Military Time Regular Time 24-Hour Time
1200 12:00 PM 12:00
1300 01:00 PM 13:00
1400 02:00 PM 14:00
1500 03:00 PM 15:00
1600 04:00 PM 16:00
1700 05:00 PM 17:00
1800 06:00 PM 18:00
1900 07:00 PM 19:00
2000 08:00 PM 20:00
2100 09:00 PM 21:00
2200 10:00 PM 22:00
2300 11:00 PM 23:00

How to convert 17:00 from 24-Hour Time to 12-Hour Standard Time

It is easy to convert from 24-hour time to 12-hour time once you know a few tricks. The primary difference between the two is that the hours in a 24-hour clock go all the way up to 23 (from 0 to 23). In a 12-hour clock, the hour resets to 1 after noon (midday). Follow the steps below to convert 17:00 to 12-hour time.

  1. First, determine whether or not 17 is greater than 12 (recall that this is one of the distinctions of the 12-hour clock, there are no hours "greater" than 12 on it)
  2. The hour 17 is higher than twelve, so we need to subtract 12 from 17 to get our "PM" hour: 17 - 12 = 5
  3. Now add "PM" to the end of the time: 5:00 PM

DID YOU KNOW?


24-hour time is used in aviation, military, meteorology, logistics, and other fields. The 12-hour clock is only used in 18 countries globally, including the United States and Canada. 24-hour time and military time are very similar! See our military time converter for more information.

17 Hour Conversion Chart

24 Hour Clock 12 Hour Clock (AM/PM) Military Time
17:00 17:00 1700
17:05 17:05 1705
17:10 17:10 1710
17:15 17:15 1715
17:20 17:20 1720
17:25 17:25 1725
17:30 17:30 1730
17:35 17:35 1735
17:40 17:40 1740
17:45 17:45 1745
17:50 17:50 1750
17:55 17:55 1755
18:00 18:00 1800
18:05 18:05 1805
18:10 18:10 1810
18:15 18:15 1815

5:00 PM in Western Culture

Congratulations, you’re officially off the clock. 5 PM in western cultures is the universal signal to end the work day. This is notoriously referred to as the 9-5 as part of a 40-hour work week. The 9-5 started back in the late 1800s as a result of the labor rights movement. Before then, factory workers averaged over 100 hours per week.

Today, the idea of the 9am to 5pm work week in western culture has morphed, theoretically and quite literally.

The shift from industrial work into service- and tech-based companies brought a new wave of thinking between what work and life mean. Before, work was a time to “punch-in and punch-out”, leaving the factory at 5:00pm on the dot to feed your family. This continued into the corporate boom, clocking into the office at 9:00am and once again leaving at 5:00pm. Today, the rise of technology and the new idea of work being part of a healthy work-life balance has completely shifted how we see 5pm.

Yes, work may still end at five for some, but in western culture, the 9-5 is changing.

According to Forbes, “The change in 9-to-5 will eventually happen, one way or another. The Gen-Z and Millennial generations watched their parents burn out. They saw them laid off, passed over for promotions and leading lives of quiet desperation. They don’t want this for themselves.”