Decimal Hours Converter
Switch between hours-and-minutes and decimal hours.
Timesheet-friendly hours
Payroll systems bill time in decimal hours, where two and a half hours is 2.5, so it multiplies straight into pay. Converting between that and the familiar hours-and-minutes format is a frequent timesheet task.
Enter 2:30 and it returns 2.5; enter 2.5 and it returns 2 hours 30 minutes. It is the quick bridge between how we read a clock and how a spreadsheet wants the number.
Practical and private
The conversion runs in your browser, so nothing you enter is uploaded.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why use decimal hours?
Payroll and timesheets often bill in decimal hours, where 2 hours 30 minutes is 2.5, so it multiplies cleanly by an hourly rate.
How does it convert?
Minutes are divided by 60 to get the decimal, or the decimal fraction is multiplied by 60 to get minutes.
What format do I enter?
For hours and minutes, use HH:MM like 2:30. For decimal, enter a number like 2.5.
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