Convert Hours and Minutes to Decimal

Payroll systems multiply hours by a rate, and 7:45 typed as 7.45 shortchanges you 18 minutes. Convert in either direction below, both boxes work live.

Time to Decimal

Time (h:mm)

Decimal hours

7.75

Decimal to Time

Decimal hours

Time (h:mm)

7:45

Minutes to Decimal Hours Reference Table

Decimal hours are minutes divided by 60, rounded to two places. The quarter hour values every timesheet leans on are :15 = 0.25, :30 = 0.50 and :45 = 0.75, highlighted in the bottom row.

Min	Dec	Min	Dec	Min	Dec	Min	Dec
:01	0.02	:16	0.27	:31	0.52	:46	0.77
:02	0.03	:17	0.28	:32	0.53	:47	0.78
:03	0.05	:18	0.30	:33	0.55	:48	0.80
:04	0.07	:19	0.32	:34	0.57	:49	0.82
:05	0.08	:20	0.33	:35	0.58	:50	0.83
:06	0.10	:21	0.35	:36	0.60	:51	0.85
:07	0.12	:22	0.37	:37	0.62	:52	0.87
:08	0.13	:23	0.38	:38	0.63	:53	0.88
:09	0.15	:24	0.40	:39	0.65	:54	0.90
:10	0.17	:25	0.42	:40	0.67	:55	0.92
:11	0.18	:26	0.43	:41	0.68	:56	0.93
:12	0.20	:27	0.45	:42	0.70	:57	0.95
:13	0.22	:28	0.47	:43	0.72	:58	0.97
:14	0.23	:29	0.48	:44	0.73	:59	0.98
:15	0.25	:30	0.50	:45	0.75	:60	1.00

Still adding up the timesheet itself? The hours between times calculator and the weekly time card calculator both print decimal totals alongside h:mm.