How to use this time card calculator
- Enter clock-in and clock-out times for each day you worked. Use whichever format is on your punch clock: 12-hour (
8:30 am,4:45p) or 24-hour (08:30,1645). Leave days off blank. - Add unpaid breaks in minutes. A half-hour lunch is
30, a one-hour lunch is60. Short paid rest breaks should not be entered, because they count as time worked. - Check each day's total. Hours appear in both hours:minutes (8:15) and decimal (8.25). Most payroll systems want the decimal number.
- Add your hourly rate to see regular pay, overtime pay and gross pay for the week. Adjust the overtime threshold or multiplier if your employer uses different rules.
- Save a copy. Export a CSV for Excel or Google Sheets, or use Print / Save PDF to produce a clean printable timesheet with signature lines.
How time card hours are calculated
For each day the calculator converts both times to minutes after midnight, subtracts clock-in from clock-out, and then subtracts the unpaid break. If clock-out is earlier than clock-in, the shift is assumed to run past midnight, so 24 hours is added before subtracting. For example, 10:00 PM (1,320 minutes) to 6:30 AM (390 minutes) is 390 + 1,440 − 1,320 = 510 minutes, or 8 hours 30 minutes. With a 30-minute break that day totals 8:00.
Daily minutes are added up for the week. Totals are kept in exact minutes and only rounded when shown, so you will not get rounding drift from adding seven already-rounded decimals.
Hours and minutes vs. decimal hours
A common payroll mistake is treating 7:30 as 7.30 hours. Minutes must be divided by 60: 7 hours 30 minutes is 7.50 decimal hours, and 7 hours 20 minutes is 7.33. Pay is always decimal hours × hourly rate. See the full minutes to decimal chart and converter.
| Minutes | Decimal | Minutes | Decimal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0.08 | 35 | 0.58 |
| 10 | 0.17 | 40 | 0.67 |
| 15 | 0.25 | 45 | 0.75 |
| 20 | 0.33 | 50 | 0.83 |
| 25 | 0.42 | 55 | 0.92 |
| 30 | 0.50 | 60 | 1.00 |
Overtime and gross pay
Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, most hourly (non-exempt) employees must be paid at least 1.5 times their regular rate for hours worked over 40 in a workweek. The calculator splits your weekly total into regular hours (up to the threshold) and overtime hours (everything above it), then computes:
- Regular pay = regular hours × hourly rate
- Overtime pay = overtime hours × hourly rate × overtime multiplier
- Gross pay = regular pay + overtime pay (before taxes and deductions)
Example: 45 hours at $20/hour gives 40 × $20 = $800 regular plus 5 × $20 × 1.5 = $150 overtime, for $950 gross. Some states add daily overtime or double-time rules, and union contracts may differ, so treat the result as an estimate and confirm with your employer. For daily overtime and double time, use the overtime calculator; to see what an hourly rate adds up to over a year, try the hourly to salary calculator.
Tips for accurate timesheets
- Record the whole overnight shift on the day it started so each shift is counted once.
- If your employer rounds punches (for example to the nearest 15 minutes), round the times before entering them.
- Need the hours between just two times, or want to add up several durations? Use the hours calculator.
- Reading a 24-hour clock? Convert any time with the military time converter.