Add durations together — 2:45 plus 3:30 plus 1:15 — and get the total in both h:mm and decimal hours. Use a minus sign to subtract.
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2:45 and 2.45 are not the same number
This is the single most expensive confusion in timekeeping. 2:45 means two hours and forty-five minutes. 2.45 means two and forty-five hundredths of an hour, which is two hours and twenty-seven minutes. The gap is eighteen minutes, and it appears on every line of a timesheet that mixes the two.
The conversion is division by sixty: 45 ÷ 60 = 0.75, so 2:45 is 2.75 in decimal. The results above show both, because you need h:mm to fill in a timesheet and decimal to multiply by an hourly rate. Multiplying 2:45 by a rate directly gives a wrong invoice.
Subtraction works the same way. Enter a duration with a minus sign — −0:45 to take three quarters of an hour off — and the total can go negative, which is what you want when reconciling hours owed against hours worked.
Frequently asked questions
How do I add 2 hours 45 minutes and 3 hours 30 minutes?
The minutes come to 75, which is one hour and fifteen. Carry the hour: 2 + 3 + 1 = 6, leaving 15 minutes. The answer is 6:15. Typing 2.45 + 3.30 into a calculator gives 5.75, which is a different quantity entirely.
What formats can I type?
Colons for h:mm (2:45), the h and m form (2h45, 90m), or a plain number for hours (1.5 or 1,5 for ninety minutes). A number on its own is read as hours, so type 45m when you mean forty-five minutes.
Can the total go over 24 hours?
Yes, and it should. Five eight-hour days come to 40:00, not 16:00 — a duration is not a clock time, and wrapping it at 24 would turn a week of work into fiction.
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