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Time calculator

Add and subtract hours, minutes, and seconds without the base-60 headache - and convert decimal hours (7.75 = 7h 45m) for timesheets, both directions.

Why time math trips people up

Time doesn't carry in tens - it carries in sixties. 2:45 plus 1:30 isn't 3:75, it's 4:15, because 75 minutes rolls over into an extra hour. This tool does all its arithmetic in seconds underneath (so the carrying is always exact), then converts back to hours, minutes, and seconds at the end - and shows the total in every unit so you can sanity-check it.

The timesheet trap: 7.75 hours is not 7h 75m

Payroll systems and invoices often use decimal hours - 7.75 hours means 7 hours and 45 minutes, because 0.75 of an hour is 45 minutes, not 75. Reading the decimal as minutes is one of the most common timesheet errors there is. The converter above works both directions: type a decimal to see hours and minutes, or type hours and minutes to get the decimal your payroll software wants. The rule: minutes ÷ 60 gives the decimal part, so 45 minutes = 0.75.

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