What is 1730 Military Time?

1730 hours in military time is the same as 5:30 pm in 12-hour time or 17:30 in 24-hour time.

How to Convert 1730 Military Time to Standard Time

You can easily convert 1730 hours to standard 12-hour time by following a few easy steps.

Since military time is based on the 24-hour time standard, all times greater than 11 represent a time in the afternoon. Because 1730 is greater than 1159 (11:59 in 24-hour time), you can subtract 1200 to find the equivalent 12-hour time.

1730 - 1200 = 530

Then, you can add a colon between the hours and minutes portion to convert the time to the 12-hour format.

530 = 5:30

And finally, since 1730 hours is in the afternoon (it's greater than 1100), you need to add the "pm" to the end to denote that the resulting 12-hour time is after noon.

5:30 pm

So, 1730 hours military time is the same as 5:30 pm in standard time.

You can convert other military times to 12-hour time using our military time converter below: