Add your start and end times for the week, subtract breaks, and get your total hours and pay. Shifts crossing midnight are handled correctly — 22:00 to 06:00 is eight hours, not minus sixteen, which is the most common bug in timesheet tools and the reason night shift workers distrust them.
Also known as a timecard calculator. Times can be entered as 09:00, 9am or 0900, and breaks as 30, 30m or 0:30 — whichever way you naturally write them. Everything works without JavaScript, and nothing you enter is stored or sent anywhere.
Enter at least one shift to calculate.
How to use the timesheet calculator
- Enter each shift Start and end times for every day you worked. Leave a row blank for days off.
- Add unpaid breaks Enter the length of any unpaid break. Whether a break is paid depends on your contract; this tool treats them as unpaid.
- Add your hourly rate Optional. Leave it blank to total hours only.
- Set your overtime threshold Hours above this point are shown separately at whatever multiplier you choose. There is no statutory right to overtime pay in the UK, so this comes from your contract.
- Print or share the result The printed version keeps the breakdown and workings and drops the form and site navigation. The shareable link carries your figures so a colleague sees the same calculation.
Common questions
How are night shifts across midnight handled?
Correctly. A shift ending before it starts is treated as crossing midnight, so 22:00 to 06:00 counts as eight hours. Rows that cross midnight are labelled so you can see the tool understood the input.
Am I entitled to overtime pay?
There is no legal right to extra pay for overtime in the UK. Time and a half and double time are contractual benefits. What the law does guarantee is that your average pay across all hours worked must not fall below the National Minimum Wage.
Can my employer round my hours?
Rounding to the nearest 5, 6 or 15 minutes is common and not automatically unlawful. Rounding that only ever goes down is, because you are systematically paid for less time than you worked. This tool defaults to exact minutes.
Do I have to be paid for breaks?
Not usually. You are entitled to a 20-minute break when working more than six hours, but there is no requirement for it to be paid unless your contract says so.
What is the 48-hour week?
Your average working week, including overtime, must not exceed 48 hours averaged over 17 weeks. You can opt out in writing, voluntarily, and you can withdraw the opt-out with notice.
Is my data stored?
No. Nothing you enter is stored, logged or sent to us. If you use the shareable link your figures appear in the URL, which is what makes sharing work — treat that link the way you would treat the numbers themselves.
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