How do I convert minutes to decimal for a time card?

Divide the minutes by 60 and round to two places: 15 minutes is .25, 30 is .50, 45 is .75 and 7 is .12. Add that to the hour, so a punch at 1407 is 14.12. The table on this page has all 60 minutes worked out, and the Decimal row above does it for any time you type.

What are military minutes?

On payroll charts, military minutes usually means minutes written as hundredths of an hour, the decimal column in this table. The minutes in military time itself do not change: 1407 is seven minutes past 2 PM, exactly as on a 12-hour clock. Only the decimal form turns 07 into .12.

Why is one minute .02 and not .01?

A minute is one sixtieth of an hour, 0.0167, which rounds to .02. Hundredths are smaller than minutes, so 40 of the 100 never appear in the chart: :01 is .02, :02 is .03 and :03 is .05, which skips .01 and .04, and the same pattern runs on to .99.

How do I work out the hours between two punches?

Subtract the decimal times: in at 0815 (8.25) and out at 1645 (16.75) is 8.50 hours. Rounding each punch first can leave the total a hundredth away from rounding once at the end, so for a shift with breaks taken off, the Work Hours Calculator counts in minutes and converts the total once.

Can I print this chart?

Use your browser's Print command, and choose Save as PDF in the same dialog for a PDF copy. The table is ordinary text on the page, so it prints with the rest of it, and the values in it do not change from year to year.

Military Time Minutes Chart

Time clocks and payroll time cards that run on military time often write the minutes as hundredths of an hour, so 1407 becomes 14.12 and 1445 becomes 14.75. The table below gives every minute of the hour in that form, and the converter below opens on 1407 so its Decimal row shows a worked example: 14.12. Type any time over it, 1435, 2:35 PM or 14 35, and the decimal comes back with the 12-hour, 24-hour and spoken forms.

1407 · military2:07 PMsaid “fourteen zero seven” · 14:07 on a 24-hour clock

Time

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Midnight

Every form is read automatically, so the direction above only chooses whether the 12-hour or the military form is shown big. Now fills in the time on this device.

12-hourwith AM or PM
2:07 PM
24-hourwith the colon
14:07
Militaryfour digits, no colon
1407
Spokenhow it is said out loud
fourteen zero seven
Decimalhours and hundredths, as on a time card
14.12

Midnight as the start of the day, which is how a clock face and most schedules write it.

0000 and 2400 are the same instant, named from opposite ends. The Midnight control only changes how midnight is written; every other time of day stays where it is.

Minutes as hundredths of an hour

The 2 PM hour is the worked example. The hundredths are the same for any hour: 0907 is 9.12 and 2107 is 21.12.

Minutes	Decimal	Military	Time card
00	.00	1400	14.00
01	.02	1401	14.02
02	.03	1402	14.03
03	.05	1403	14.05
04	.07	1404	14.07
05	.08	1405	14.08
06	.10	1406	14.10
07	.12	1407	14.12
08	.13	1408	14.13
09	.15	1409	14.15
10	.17	1410	14.17
11	.18	1411	14.18
12	.20	1412	14.20
13	.22	1413	14.22
14	.23	1414	14.23
15	.25	1415	14.25
16	.27	1416	14.27
17	.28	1417	14.28
18	.30	1418	14.30
19	.32	1419	14.32
20	.33	1420	14.33
21	.35	1421	14.35
22	.37	1422	14.37
23	.38	1423	14.38
24	.40	1424	14.40
25	.42	1425	14.42
26	.43	1426	14.43
27	.45	1427	14.45
28	.47	1428	14.47
29	.48	1429	14.48
30	.50	1430	14.50
31	.52	1431	14.52
32	.53	1432	14.53
33	.55	1433	14.55
34	.57	1434	14.57
35	.58	1435	14.58
36	.60	1436	14.60
37	.62	1437	14.62
38	.63	1438	14.63
39	.65	1439	14.65
40	.67	1440	14.67
41	.68	1441	14.68
42	.70	1442	14.70
43	.72	1443	14.72
44	.73	1444	14.73
45	.75	1445	14.75
46	.77	1446	14.77
47	.78	1447	14.78
48	.80	1448	14.80
49	.82	1449	14.82
50	.83	1450	14.83
51	.85	1451	14.85
52	.87	1452	14.87
53	.88	1453	14.88
54	.90	1454	14.90
55	.92	1455	14.92
56	.93	1456	14.93
57	.95	1457	14.95
58	.97	1458	14.97
59	.98	1459	14.98

Common questions

How do I convert minutes to decimal for a time card?: Divide the minutes by 60 and round to two places: 15 minutes is .25, 30 is .50, 45 is .75 and 7 is .12. Add that to the hour, so a punch at 1407 is 14.12. The table on this page has all 60 minutes worked out, and the Decimal row above does it for any time you type.
What are military minutes?: On payroll charts, military minutes usually means minutes written as hundredths of an hour, the decimal column in this table. The minutes in military time itself do not change: 1407 is seven minutes past 2 PM, exactly as on a 12-hour clock. Only the decimal form turns 07 into .12.
Why is one minute .02 and not .01?: A minute is one sixtieth of an hour, 0.0167, which rounds to .02. Hundredths are smaller than minutes, so 40 of the 100 never appear in the chart: :01 is .02, :02 is .03 and :03 is .05, which skips .01 and .04, and the same pattern runs on to .99.
How do I work out the hours between two punches?: Subtract the decimal times: in at 0815 (8.25) and out at 1645 (16.75) is 8.50 hours. Rounding each punch first can leave the total a hundredth away from rounding once at the end, so for a shift with breaks taken off, the Work Hours Calculator counts in minutes and converts the total once.
Can I print this chart?: Use your browser's Print command, and choose Save as PDF in the same dialog for a PDF copy. The table is ordinary text on the page, so it prints with the rest of it, and the values in it do not change from year to year.

Exact for every time of day. Midnight is written 0000 or 2400 depending on the convention selected, and the spoken form follows the US military style; civilian 24-hour clocks say the same numbers with a colon. Decimal hours are rounded to the hundredth of an hour, the way most decimal time clocks print them.