7am to 5:30pm is 10 hours 30 minutes
7am to 5:30pm is 10 hours 30 minutes — 10.50 in decimal. With an unpaid 30-minute lunch that is 10 hours of paid time (10.00), and with an hour for lunch, 9 hours 30 minutes (9.50).
| Shift | Hours | Decimal |
|---|---|---|
| 7am to 5:30pm | 10h 30m | 10.50 |
| With a 30-minute unpaid lunch | 10h | 10.00 |
| With a 1-hour unpaid lunch | 9h 30m | 9.50 |
| 4 days with a 30-minute lunch | 40h | 40.00 |
7am to 5:30pm over a week
Over four days with a 30-minute lunch, 7am to 5:30pm adds up to 40 hours. Under the federal 40-hour rule that is no overtime. In California, where overtime also starts after 8 hours in a day, the same week has 8 overtime hours — $96.00 more at $24 an hour.
Time card for 7am to 5:30pm
Your time card
Sep 13 – Sep 19What a 40-hour-only calculator would have told you
$96.00 lessA calculator that only knows the federal 40-hour rule would show $960.00 for this period. Under California rules the total is $1,056.00.
7am to 5:30pm: common questions
How many hours is 7am to 5:30pm with lunch?
With an unpaid 30-minute lunch, 7am to 5:30pm is 10 hours of paid work, or 10.00 hours in decimal. With a full hour for lunch it is 9 hours 30 minutes (9.50). Short rest breaks of 5 to 20 minutes are paid time under federal rules, so they are not subtracted.
How many hours a week is 7am to 5:30pm?
Four days of 7am to 5:30pm with a 30-minute lunch is 40 hours a week. That stays under the federal 40-hour overtime threshold. States with daily overtime count long days on their own — pick your state in the calculator above.
How do I write 7am to 5:30pm on a time card in decimal?
Write the clock-in and clock-out as they are, and the total as decimal hours: 10.50 for the full shift, or 10.00 after a 30-minute unpaid lunch. To convert, divide the minutes by 60 — 30 minutes is 0.50, 15 is 0.25 and 45 is 0.75 — and add them to the whole hours.
Other shifts
Converting a whole column of times? Use the hours to decimal converter, or the full time card calculator.