Time Card Calculator

What does it total?

Hours worked per day from clock-in and clock-out times, summed across the week, then split into regular and overtime hours with pay for each.

How is overtime decided?

Anything beyond 40 hours in the week is overtime, paid at 1.5 times the base rate. That is the common US weekly standard and it is what this tool applies.

Does it handle daily overtime rules?

No. Some jurisdictions require overtime after a set number of hours in a single day regardless of the weekly total, and some have double-time thresholds. This calculator only applies the 40-hour weekly rule, so it will understate what you are owed where a daily rule applies.

What time format should I use?

Twenty-four hour, as HH:MM — so 5pm is 17:00. Entering a time that cannot be parsed contributes zero hours for that day rather than a wrong number.

How do I enter a shift that crosses midnight?

As a single row. When the clock-out time is earlier than the clock-in time, the day calculation adds 24 hours rather than returning a negative span, so 22:00 to 06:00 is read as eight hours, not minus sixteen. You do not need to split the shift across two rows.

The limit of that rule is that it assumes any backwards pair means one overnight shift. A typo that puts the clock-out before the clock-in on an ordinary day is therefore read as a very long shift instead of being flagged, so a day that comes back far larger than expected is worth re-reading rather than trusting.

Are unpaid breaks deducted?

Yes. Each row has its own break field in minutes, and that many minutes are subtracted from the span between clock-in and clock-out before the day total is worked out. It starts at 30 minutes per day, which is a default rather than a suggestion — set it to 0 for days you worked through, and to the real figure on days you did not.

The subtraction floors at zero, so a break longer than the shift produces a zero-hour day rather than a negative one that would quietly cancel out hours elsewhere in the week.

Is this before or after tax?

Before. It multiplies hours by rates and nothing else — no tax, no deductions, no benefits. Your take-home will be lower.

Can I use this to check my paycheck?

As a sanity check, yes, and a mismatch is worth investigating. But it is not authoritative: your employer may apply daily overtime, different rounding of clock times, or contractual terms this does not know about. Take a real discrepancy to your payroll department or a labour adviser rather than to a calculator.

Is my timesheet data stored?

No. It stays in your browser and nothing is transmitted.