If it is 3:00am what time is it in 24-hour clock?

If it is 3:00am what time is it in 24-hour clock?

• A. 0300
• B. 030
• C. 3:00
• D. 0330

Answer: (A)

In a 24-hour clock, hours from midnight to just before noon use a leading zero, and minutes are shown as two digits. So 3:00 am becomes 03:00 in the standard two-digit form, and 0300 when written as four digits without a colon. The options that don’t fit—030 is missing a digit, 3:00 uses a colon and lacks the leading zero, and 0330 would be 3:30. So 0300 is the correct representation.

In a 24-hour clock, hours from midnight to just before noon use a leading zero, and minutes are shown as two digits. So 3:00 am becomes 03:00 in the standard two-digit form, and 0300 when written as four digits without a colon. The options that don’t fit—030 is missing a digit, 3:00 uses a colon and lacks the leading zero, and 0330 would be 3:30. So 0300 is the correct representation.