Convert hours and minutes into the decimal hours payroll systems expect.
Payroll systems work in decimal hours rather than hours and minutes, so 45 minutes becomes 0.75 rather than 0.45. Rounding to a quarter hour is standard but shifts the total slightly each time. Treating 7h 45m as 7.45 rather than 7.75 understates pay by 18 minutes, which is the most common timesheet arithmetic error there is.
Decimal Hours
Decimal hours = hours + minutes ÷ 60
Decimal hours = hours + minutes ÷ 60 Payroll systems work in decimal hours rather than hours and minutes, so 45 minutes becomes 0.75 rather than 0.45. Rounding to a quarter hour is standard but shifts the total slightly each time.
Treating 7h 45m as 7.45 rather than 7.75 understates pay by 18 minutes, which is the most common timesheet arithmetic error there is.
This calculator takes 3 inputs: Hours, Minutes, Rounding increment. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.