Time to Decimal Calculator

Convert hours, minutes, and seconds into decimal values quickly for payroll, tracking, or math; transparent formulas, examples.

Hours Whole hours part of the time.

Minutes (0–59) Minutes are clamped to 0–59.

Seconds (0–59) Seconds are clamped to 0–59.

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Decimal hours  = H + M/60 + S/3600
Decimal minutes= H·60 + M + S/60
Decimal seconds= H·3600 + M·60 + S

Helping Notes

Standard converters accept HH:MM:SS and return decimal hours (and often minutes/seconds).
Formulas widely used: add minutes/60 and seconds/3600 to hours; payroll tools frequently use decimal hours.
Results round to 2 decimals where shown; keep more precision for billing if needed.

Results

Decimal Hours

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Decimal Minutes

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Decimal Seconds

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What is a Time to Decimal Calculator?

A Time to Decimal Calculator converts formatted clock time (hours:minutes:seconds) into decimal values—most commonly decimal hours for payroll, billing, timesheets, and productivity analytics, or decimal minutes for athletic pacing, editing timelines, and call centers. While hh:mm:ss is intuitive for humans, decimals make math effortless: adding durations, applying hourly rates, averaging session lengths, and computing KPIs. This tool accepts positive or negative durations, preserves precision to the second, and shows equation previews so you can trace each step and match the rounding rules required by employers, clients, or spreadsheets.

About the Time to Decimal Calculator

The conversion is straightforward but easy to mishandle without a consistent method. Seconds must be divided by 3600 (for hours) or 60 (for minutes), then added to the minute and hour components. Rounding should occur at the end of the computation to avoid drift. The calculator also supports fractional days for spreadsheet interoperability, since many spreadsheets store times as a fraction of 24 hours. For aggregations, it keeps a running total in both formats so audits are painless. If your workflow requires quarter-hour rounding (0.25, 0.50, 0.75), the calculator can present post-conversion rounding hints while still showing the exact, unrounded decimal for reference.

How to Use this Time to Decimal Calculator

Enter hours \(h\), minutes \(m\), and seconds \(s\). For negative durations, apply the sign to the whole time (e.g., −01:30:00).
Choose your output: decimal hours, decimal minutes, or fraction of a day.
Press calculate to get the decimal value and a side-by-side equation preview.
(Optional) Apply rounding (nearest minute, second, or quarter-hour) after the exact decimal is computed.
Repeat for multiple entries; use totals to summarize projects, shifts, or sprints consistently.

Core Formulas (LaTeX)

From hh:mm:ss to decimal hours: \[ H_\mathrm{dec}=h+\frac{m}{60}+\frac{s}{3600}. \]

From hh:mm:ss to decimal minutes: \[ M_\mathrm{dec}=60h+m+\frac{s}{60}. \]

Fraction of a day (for spreadsheets): \[ D=\frac{h}{24}+\frac{m}{1440}+\frac{s}{86400}. \]

Rounding to nearest }N\text{ minutes (post-conversion):} \[ H_{\mathrm{dec,rounded}}=\frac{N}{60}\cdot\operatorname{round}\!\left(\frac{60\,H_\mathrm{dec}}{N}\right). \]

Totals (sum of entries }i=1\dots n\text{):} \[ H_{\mathrm{total}}=\sum_{i=1}^{n} H_{\mathrm{dec},i},\qquad M_{\mathrm{total}}=\sum_{i=1}^{n} M_{\mathrm{dec},i}. \]

Examples (Illustrative)

Example 1 — Simple conversion

02:15:30 → \(H_\mathrm{dec}=2+\tfrac{15}{60}+\tfrac{30}{3600}=2.2583\ \text{hours}\) (≈ 2.2583 h).

Example 2 — Decimal minutes

00:07:45 → \(M_\mathrm{dec}=0+7+\tfrac{45}{60}=7.75\ \text{minutes}\).

Example 3 — Quarter-hour rounding after conversion

01:22:10 → exact \(H_\mathrm{dec}=1+\tfrac{22}{60}+\tfrac{10}{3600}=1.3694\ \text{h}\). Nearest 0.25 h → \(1.25\ \text{h}\) (if rounding down) or \(1.50\ \text{h}\) (if rounding to nearest).