1200

Twelve hundred hours

Twelve hundred, a number often used for years, times, and quantities.

In military and 24-hour time, 1200 means noon: We'll break for lunch at 1200.

As a year, it falls in the High Middle Ages.

The form "twelve hundred" is preferred over "one thousand two hundred" in most contexts.

medieval

century

Hundred-year span

knights · serfs · manor · castles · monasteries · cathedrals · guilds · vassals · fiefdoms · nobility

numeric

number

Symbol representing quantity

thousand · figure · amount · score · tally · measurement · units · total · sum

year

calendar

Date-tracking system

twelve hundred · date · year · January · December · chronology · dating · timestamp · documentation · records

Categories
Opposites
time of day (24-hour format)

1200midnight

Twelve o'clock at night

2400 · 0 · dead of night · oh-dark-thirty · small hours

numerical value

12000

Numeral for nothing

zero · 1 · infinity

light/darkness

1200midnight

Twelve o'clock at night

dead of night · nighttime · darkness · night · dusk

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G