How do I convert hours and minutes to decimal hours?

Keep the whole hours and divide the minutes by 60. 7 hours 45 minutes is 45 divided by 60, which is 0.75, so the answer is 7.75. The tool does that for anything you type into the box: write 7:45, or 7h45, or 465m, and it comes back as 7.75. The decimal is shown to two places, which is what payroll sheets take.

What is 45 minutes in decimal hours?

0.75 hours. The other common ones are 15 minutes at 0.25, 20 at 0.33, 30 at 0.50, 40 at 0.67 and 50 at 0.83. Every five minute step from 0:05 to 1:00 is in the table on this page, and each one is the figure this tool prints rather than a number typed in from somewhere else.

Why does payroll round to six minutes?

Six minutes is one tenth of an hour, so rounding a duration to six-minute steps produces tenths such as 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3. This is one possible time-recording convention. In Time card mode, this tool rounds the net duration of each shift after breaks; it does not round clock punches separately or determine which policy you should use.

Can I add several times up and get one decimal total?

Yes, and that is what this page opens on. Put one duration on each line, or separate them with commas or a plus sign, and the total comes back in both forms. A plain number is read as hours, so 1.5 is an hour and a half; write 90m if you meant ninety minutes. A minus in front of an entry takes it back off the total, which is how an unpaid break comes out of a list you have already typed.

Is the decimal exact?

The tool calculates in whole minutes and shows decimal hours to two places. For example, 8:20 is 500 minutes and displays as 8.33 hours. Decimal input is rounded to the nearest minute first, so 1.333 hours becomes 80 minutes. A rounded display cannot preserve every decimal digit from the original input.

How do I convert decimal hours to hours and minutes?

Enter the decimal directly in Add durations mode: 7.75 becomes 7:45 and 1.5 becomes 1:30. Read the hours-and-minutes result beside the decimal total. For a manual conversion, keep the whole hours, multiply the fractional part by 60, and round to the nearest minute.

Decimal Hours Calculator

Turn hours and minutes into decimal hours, the form a payroll sheet wants. This page opens on the Add durations box with 7:45 in it and the total shown as 7.75, and every figure you add reads both ways at once: hours and minutes for the timesheet, decimal for the sheet you are copying into. The table below gives every five minute step from 0:05 to 1:00, worked out by the same code the tool above runs.

Total of the durations added, in decimal7.757:45 hours and minutes · 1 entry

Mode

Show the total as

Durations to add up

One duration per line, or separated by commas or a plus. A plain number is hours, so 1.5 is an hour and a half; write 90m for ninety minutes. A minus takes one back off the total, which is how an unpaid break comes out.

The workingevery entry, added up
7:45 = 7:45, which is 7.75 decimal hours
Decimal hoursto two places
7.75
Total1 entry
7:45

Hours, and never pay. A rate turns hours into money through somebody's contract and somebody's law, and getting either wrong costs a person real money. This page stops at the count: minutes worked, minutes on break, minutes over a threshold you name. Exact time arithmetic: minutes are counted, then shown as hours and minutes and as decimal hours. Overtime here is a count of hours over a threshold you set; what any hour is paid is not part of this tool.

Minutes to decimal hours, every five minute step

Minutes divided by 60, shown to two places. Six minutes is exactly a tenth of an hour; the Time card mode offers optional rounding of each net shift to 5, 6 or 15 minutes.

Hours and minutes	Decimal hours	Minutes
0:05	0.08	5
0:10	0.17	10
0:15	0.25	15
0:20	0.33	20
0:25	0.42	25
0:30	0.50	30
0:35	0.58	35
0:40	0.67	40
0:45	0.75	45
0:50	0.83	50
0:55	0.92	55
1:00	1.00	60

Common questions

How do I convert hours and minutes to decimal hours?: Keep the whole hours and divide the minutes by 60. 7 hours 45 minutes is 45 divided by 60, which is 0.75, so the answer is 7.75. The tool does that for anything you type into the box: write 7:45, or 7h45, or 465m, and it comes back as 7.75. The decimal is shown to two places, which is what payroll sheets take.
What is 45 minutes in decimal hours?: 0.75 hours. The other common ones are 15 minutes at 0.25, 20 at 0.33, 30 at 0.50, 40 at 0.67 and 50 at 0.83. Every five minute step from 0:05 to 1:00 is in the table on this page, and each one is the figure this tool prints rather than a number typed in from somewhere else.
Why does payroll round to six minutes?: Six minutes is one tenth of an hour, so rounding a duration to six-minute steps produces tenths such as 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3. This is one possible time-recording convention. In Time card mode, this tool rounds the net duration of each shift after breaks; it does not round clock punches separately or determine which policy you should use.
Can I add several times up and get one decimal total?: Yes, and that is what this page opens on. Put one duration on each line, or separate them with commas or a plus sign, and the total comes back in both forms. A plain number is read as hours, so 1.5 is an hour and a half; write 90m if you meant ninety minutes. A minus in front of an entry takes it back off the total, which is how an unpaid break comes out of a list you have already typed.
Is the decimal exact?: The tool calculates in whole minutes and shows decimal hours to two places. For example, 8:20 is 500 minutes and displays as 8.33 hours. Decimal input is rounded to the nearest minute first, so 1.333 hours becomes 80 minutes. A rounded display cannot preserve every decimal digit from the original input.
How do I convert decimal hours to hours and minutes?: Enter the decimal directly in Add durations mode: 7.75 becomes 7:45 and 1.5 becomes 1:30. Read the hours-and-minutes result beside the decimal total. For a manual conversion, keep the whole hours, multiply the fractional part by 60, and round to the nearest minute.

Exact time arithmetic: minutes are counted, then shown as hours and minutes and as decimal hours. Overtime here is a count of hours over a threshold you set; what any hour is paid is not part of this tool.