8am to 6pm is 10 hours
8am to 6pm is 10 hours — 10.00 in decimal. With an unpaid 30-minute lunch that is 9 hours 30 minutes of paid time (9.50), and with an hour for lunch, 9 hours (9.00).
| Shift | Hours | Decimal |
|---|---|---|
| 8am to 6pm | 10h | 10.00 |
| With a 30-minute unpaid lunch | 9h 30m | 9.50 |
| With a 1-hour unpaid lunch | 9h | 9.00 |
| 4 days with a 30-minute lunch | 38h | 38.00 |
8am to 6pm over a week
Over four days with a 30-minute lunch, 8am to 6pm adds up to 38 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 6 overtime hours — $72.00 more at $24 an hour.
Time card for 8am to 6pm
Your time card
Sep 13 – Sep 19What a 40-hour-only calculator would have told you
$72.00 lessA calculator that only knows the federal 40-hour rule would show $912.00 for this period. Under California rules the total is $984.00.
8am to 6pm: common questions
How many hours is 8am to 6pm with lunch?
With an unpaid 30-minute lunch, 8am to 6pm is 9 hours 30 minutes of paid work, or 9.50 hours in decimal. With a full hour for lunch it is 9 hours (9.00). 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 8am to 6pm?
Four days of 8am to 6pm with a 30-minute lunch is 38 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 8am to 6pm on a time card in decimal?
Write the clock-in and clock-out as they are, and the total as decimal hours: 10.00 for the full shift, or 9.50 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.