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7pm to 7am is 12 hours

7pm to 7am 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). The shift crosses midnight, so count it as one shift: add 24 hours to the clock-out time before subtracting.

ShiftHoursDecimal
7pm to 7am12h12.00
With a 30-minute unpaid lunch11h 30m11.50
With a 1-hour unpaid lunch11h11.00
3 days with a 30-minute lunch34h 30m34.50

7pm to 7am over a week

Over three days with a 30-minute lunch, 7pm to 7am 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 7pm to 7am

California has daily overtimeLabor Code 510. First 8 hours on the 7th consecutive day of a workweek at 1.5x; over 8 hours on that 7th day at 2x. Exceptions apply for alternative workweek schedules. California overtime rules →

Your time card

Sep 13 – Sep 19
SundaySep 13
Clock in
Clock out
Break (min)
0.000.000.00
MondaySep 14
Clock in
Clock out
Break (min)
8.003.500.00
TuesdaySep 15
Clock in
Clock out
Break (min)
8.003.500.00
WednesdaySep 16
Clock in
Clock out
Break (min)
8.003.500.00
ThursdaySep 17
Clock in
Clock out
Break (min)
0.000.000.00
FridaySep 18
Clock in
Clock out
Break (min)
0.000.000.00
SaturdaySep 19
Clock in
Clock out
Break (min)
0.000.000.00
Regular hoursPaid at base rate
24.00
Overtime (1.5×)Over 8 hrs/day or 40 hrs/week
10.50
Double time (2×)Over 12 hrs in a day, or over 8 on a 7th consecutive day
0.00
Gross pay$954.00

What a 40-hour-only calculator would have told you

$126.00 less

A calculator that only knows the federal 40-hour rule would show $828.00 for this period. Under California rules the total is $954.00.

7pm to 7am: common questions

How many hours is 7pm to 7am with lunch?

With an unpaid 30-minute lunch, 7pm to 7am 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 7pm to 7am?

Three days of 7pm to 7am 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 7pm to 7am 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

9am to 5pm8am to 4:30pm8am to 5pm8am to 5:30pm8am to 6pm7am to 5:30pm7am to 6pm7am to 7pm10pm to 6am

Converting a whole column of times? Use the hours to decimal converter, or the full time card calculator.