What time is 20:59?
20:59 time means 08:59 PM
20:59 is pronounced as: "twenty fifty-nine" o’clock
2059 in military time is 08:59 PM in regular time
24-hour to 12-hour conversion
Our "Military time converter" is the perfect tool to convert time from a 24-hour system to a 12-hour system. Try it above. Enter both the "Hours" and the "Minutes" boxs in the form, then click "convert to 12-hour". After that, you can see the result.
The 24-hour system (it's called the Military system) is larger than 12:00. And it starts at 00:00 and ends at 23:00. 00:00 means 12:00 midnight, and 23:00 means 11:00 PM. (Note: 24:00 and 00:00 are the same time).
How was 20:59 converted to 08:59 PM ?
1. Step One: To convert 20:59 (twenty fifty-nine) to 12-hour, firstly, we didn't convert the minutes, we leave it. In our case it will be ( :59 fifty-nine ). and we just convert the hours.
2. Step Two: If the number of hours on military time (24-hour system) that we need to convert it, is less than 12:00, it will be the same on regular time (12-hour system).
In our case,
It's 20 (eight), so we subtract 12 from 20 then add PM like ( 20 - 12 ). It will be 8 PM. (8 PM means 8 in the noon).
The final result is:08:59 PM ( In words: eight fifty-nine in the noon ). Look at the chart below.
| Military Time (24-hour system) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 24-Hour | 12-hour | 24-Hour | 12-hour |
| 00:59 | Midnight | 12:59 | Noon |
| 01:59 | 1:59 a.m. | 13:59 | 1:59 p.m. |
| 02:59 | 2:59 a.m. | 14:59 | 2:59 p.m. |
| 03:59 | 3:59 a.m. | 15:59 | 3:59 p.m. |
| 04:59 | 4:59 a.m. | 16:59 | 4:59 p.m. |
| 05:59 | 5:59 a.m. | 17:59 | 5:59 p.m. |
| 06:59 | 6:59 a.m. | 18:59 | 6:59 p.m. |
| 07:59 | 7:59 a.m. | 19:59 | 7:59 p.m. |
| 08:59 | 8:59 a.m. | 20:59 | 8:59 p.m. |
| 09:59 | 9:59 a.m. | 21:59 | 9:59 p.m. |
| 10:59 | 10:59 a.m. | 22:59 | 10:59 p.m. |
| 11:59 | 11:59 a.m. | 23:59 | 11:59 p.m. |
20:59 Clock in different Time Zone
See, The 20:59 time in the other military time zones. Look at the table below.
| Time Zone | UTC offset | 12-hour | 24-hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yankee | UTC-12 | 08:59 AM | 08:59 |
| X-ray | UTC-11 | 09:59 AM | 09:59 |
| Whiskey | UTC-10 | 10:59 AM | 10:59 |
| Victor | UTC-9 | 11:59 AM | 11:59 |
| Uniform | UTC-8 | 12:59 PM | 12:59 |
| Tango | UTC-7 | 01:59 PM | 13:59 |
| Sierra | UTC-6 | 02:59 PM | 14:59 |
| Romeo | UTC-5 | 03:59 PM | 15:59 |
| Quebec | UTC-4 | 04:59 PM | 16:59 |
| Papa | UTC-3 | 05:59 PM | 17:59 |
| Oscar | UTC-2 | 06:59 PM | 18:59 |
| November | UTC-1 | 07:59 PM | 19:59 |
| Zulu | UTC±0 | 08:59 PM | 20:59 |
| Alpha | UTC+1 | 09:59 PM | 21:59 |
| Bravo | UTC+2 | 10:59 PM | 22:59 |
| Charlie | UTC+3 | 11:59 PM | 23:59 |
| Delta | UTC+4 | 12:59 AM | 00:59 |
| Echo | UTC+5 | 01:59 AM | 01:59 |
| Foxtrot | UTC+6 | 02:59 AM | 02:59 |
| Golf | UTC+7 | 03:59 AM | 03:59 |
| Hotel | UTC+8 | 04:59 AM | 04:59 |
| India | UTC+9 | 05:59 AM | 05:59 |
| Kilo | UTC+10 | 06:59 AM | 06:59 |
| Lima | UTC+11 | 07:59 AM | 07:59 |
| Mike | UTC+12 | 08:59 AM | 08:59 |