Time card calculator

Type your in and out times. Your hours add up as you go. Free, no sign-up, and your times stay on this device.

Not legal, tax or payroll advice. General information only; results are estimates. Read the full notice.

Settings: name, pay rate, overtime, rounding

Name for the printed card

Hourly rate ($) Optional. Shows pay before taxes.

Overtime Optional. Overtime is counted for each workweek. The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. § 207) sets overtime at not less than 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek, for employees it covers who are not exempt. Source: 29 U.S.C. § 207(a)(1).

Workweek starts on

Time card covers

Time format

Round each time to Rounds to the nearest mark, never just down.

0:00 0 min · 0.00 hours

Estimate based on what you entered. Not legal or payroll advice; check it against your employer's records.

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Not legal, tax or payroll advice. This page is provided as is, for general information only. It is not legal, tax, payroll or financial advice. Labor laws and pay rules change and vary by state, employer, job and your situation. Confirm with your employer, your state labor department, the U.S. Department of Labor or a qualified professional before relying on it.

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How to use it

Type the time you started and the time you stopped for each day. You can type 855, 8:55 or 8:55a; HoursPad works out the rest.
If you clocked out for lunch, press + Add in and out under that day for a second pair of times, or type your unpaid break in the Unpaid break (min) box.
Your total for each day and for the week appears as you type, in hours and minutes and in decimal hours for payroll.
Open Settings to add your hourly rate, rounding or an overtime rule.
Press Print for a clean time card with signature lines, Download for a spreadsheet file, or Copy summary for a short note you can paste into a message.

What the rules say

These are the federal rules behind the overtime and break settings, in plain words, with the official sources listed below. State rules can differ. HoursPad does not decide whether a rule applies to your job.

The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. § 207) sets overtime pay at not less than 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek, for employees it covers who are not exempt.
Under federal regulations, a workweek is a fixed and regularly recurring period of 168 hours, which is seven consecutive 24-hour periods.
Federal regulations say recording start and stop times to the nearest 5 minutes, one-tenth or quarter of an hour is accepted for enforcement, as long as over time it does not fail to pay employees for all the time they actually worked.
Under federal regulations, short rest periods of about 5 to 20 minutes are counted as hours worked.
Under federal regulations, bona fide meal periods are not worktime; the employee must be completely relieved from duty, and ordinarily 30 minutes or more is long enough.
The U.S. Department of Labor says federal law does not require lunch or coffee breaks; when employers offer short breaks (usually about 5 to 20 minutes), federal law considers them work hours.
Federal regulations list hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek among the records an employer must keep for covered employees. This site is not an employer record system.

Questions

How do I calculate my total working hours?

Subtract your start time from your end time for each shift, take off any unpaid break, then add the days together. HoursPad does this as you type and shows the working for each day, so you can check it.

How do I turn hours and minutes into decimal hours?

Divide the minutes by 60 and add them to the hours. For example, 7 h 40 min is 7 + 40 ÷ 60 = 7.67 hours. HoursPad shows both forms next to every total.

What if my shift goes past midnight?

Type the times as they happened, such as 10:00 PM in and 6:30 AM out. HoursPad sees that the shift crossed midnight, marks it as overnight and counts 8 h 30 min.

Does HoursPad save my time card?

Yes, on this device only. Your time card is kept in your browser so it is still here next time, and it is never sent to us. Print it or download it if you need a copy somewhere else.

Can my employer use HoursPad as our time clock?

No. HoursPad is a calculator and a personal record, not an employer's timekeeping system. Employers need their own official records.

Official sources

29 U.S.C. § 207(a)(1) (opens in new tab), U.S. Government Publishing Office (U.S. Code).
“for a workweek longer than forty hours unless such employee receives compensation for his employment in excess of the hours above specified at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate at which he is employed.”
Checked November 11, 2026. Rules change; verify with the source.
Overtime Pay (Wage and Hour Division) (opens in new tab), U.S. Department of Labor.
“Unless exempt, employees covered by the Act must receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a workweek at a rate not less than time and one-half their regular rates of pay.”
Checked November 11, 2026. Rules change; verify with the source.
29 CFR § 778.105 Determining the workweek (opens in new tab), Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR).
“An employee's workweek is a fixed and regularly recurring period of 168 hours—seven consecutive 24-hour periods.”
Checked November 11, 2026. Rules change; verify with the source.
29 CFR § 785.48(b) "Rounding" practices (opens in new tab), Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR).
“to the nearest 5 minutes, or to the nearest one-tenth or quarter of an hour. Presumably, this arrangement averages out so that the employees are fully compensated for all the time they actually work. For enforcement purposes this practice of computing working time will be accepted, provided that it is used in such a manner that it will not result, over a period of time, in failure to compensate the employees properly for all the time they have actually worked.”
Checked November 11, 2026. Rules change; verify with the source.
29 CFR § 785.18 Rest (opens in new tab), Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR).
“Rest periods of short duration, running from 5 minutes to about 20 minutes, are common in industry. They promote the efficiency of the employee and are customarily paid for as working time. They must be counted as hours worked.”
Checked November 11, 2026. Rules change; verify with the source.
29 CFR § 785.19 Meal (opens in new tab), Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR).
“Bona fide meal periods are not worktime. Bona fide meal periods do not include coffee breaks or time for snacks. These are rest periods. The employee must be completely relieved from duty for the purposes of eating regular meals. Ordinarily 30 minutes or more is long enough for a bona fide meal period.”
Checked November 11, 2026. Rules change; verify with the source.
Breaks and Meal Periods (U.S. Department of Labor) (opens in new tab), U.S. Department of Labor.
“Federal law does not require lunch or coffee breaks.”
Checked November 11, 2026. Rules change; verify with the source.
Breaks and Meal Periods (U.S. Department of Labor) (opens in new tab), U.S. Department of Labor.
“However, when employers do offer short breaks (usually lasting about 5 to 20 minutes), federal law considers the breaks as compensable work hours that would be included in the sum of hours worked during the workweek and considered in determining if overtime was worked.”
Checked November 11, 2026. Rules change; verify with the source.
29 CFR § 516.2(a)(7) Employees subject to minimum wage or minimum wage and overtime provisions (opens in new tab), Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR).
“Hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek”
Checked November 11, 2026. Rules change; verify with the source.

These are summaries of what the official sources say, not legal advice. Laws change and exceptions apply. Check with your employer or your state labor department about your own job.