7am to 7pm is 12 hours
7am to 7pm is 12 hours — 12.00 in decimal. With an unpaid 30-minute lunch that is 11 hours 30 minutes of paid time (11.50), and with an hour for lunch, 11 hours (11.00).
| Shift | Hours | Decimal |
|---|---|---|
| 7am to 7pm | 12h | 12.00 |
| With a 30-minute unpaid lunch | 11h 30m | 11.50 |
| With a 1-hour unpaid lunch | 11h | 11.00 |
| 3 days with a 30-minute lunch | 34h 30m | 34.50 |
7am to 7pm over a week
Over three days with a 30-minute lunch, 7am to 7pm adds up to 34.5 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 10.5 overtime hours — $126.00 more at $24 an hour.
Time card for 7am to 7pm
Your time card
Sep 13 – Sep 19What a 40-hour-only calculator would have told you
$126.00 lessA calculator that only knows the federal 40-hour rule would show $828.00 for this period. Under California rules the total is $954.00.
7am to 7pm: common questions
How many hours is 7am to 7pm with lunch?
With an unpaid 30-minute lunch, 7am to 7pm is 11 hours 30 minutes of paid work, or 11.50 hours in decimal. With a full hour for lunch it is 11 hours (11.00). 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 7pm?
Three days of 7am to 7pm with a 30-minute lunch is 34.5 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 7pm on a time card in decimal?
Write the clock-in and clock-out as they are, and the total as decimal hours: 12.00 for the full shift, or 11.50 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.