A timesheet can describe the same work as clock times, hours and minutes, or decimal hours. Keeping these formats separate prevents avoidable errors.
Minutes are out of 60
Seven hours and 30 minutes is 7 + 30 ÷ 60 = 7.5 hours. Seven hours and 45 minutes is 7.75 hours. The clock label 7:45 does not mean 7.45 decimal hours.
From a shift to an estimate
9:00 AM–5:30 PM is 8.5 clock hours. Subtract a 30-minute unpaid break to get 8 worked hours. At $20 per hour, that gives $160 estimated gross before overtime, premiums, taxes or deductions.
Workweeks and pay periods are different
A pay period may contain multiple workweeks. The tracker applies its weekly threshold separately to each configured workweek, then adds the portions inside your report dates. A report starting late in a week can include overtime because earlier hours outside the report already contributed to the weekly threshold.
Make overtime assumptions explicit
For a one-rate example, 45 hours at $20 with a 40-hour threshold and 1.5 multiplier gives $800 regular pay plus $150 overtime, or $950 estimated gross. Your pay rules may differ. The tool does not implement daily overtime, exemptions or statutory blended-rate calculations.
Keep the original minutes
The tracker records whole minutes and rounds regular and overtime dollar totals separately for each summary. Independently rounded smaller reports can differ by a cent from a larger report. Use the original time records when reviewing a rounding difference.
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