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Hours and minutes to decimal hours
Payroll and invoices often need time as a decimal, such as 7.75 hours. Convert in either direction.
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How it works
How it works
Decimal hours = hours + minutes divided by 60. To go back, the whole part is the hours and the fraction times 60 is the minutes. Leave the decimal box at 0 if you only want the first conversion.
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Why does 7:30 equal 7.5?
Thirty minutes is half an hour, and half of 1 is 0.5.
How do I convert 15 minutes?
15 divided by 60 is 0.25 hours.
Should I round?
Follow your payroll or billing policy. This calculator shows the unrounded value to four decimal places.
Is anything saved?
No. The math runs in your browser and nothing you enter is sent to us.
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