Free Time Card Calculator

Clock In Time:

Clock Out Time:

Total Break Duration (minutes):

Hourly Pay Rate ($):

Daily Overtime Threshold (hours):

Overtime Multiplier (e.g., 1.5 for time and a half):

Calculation Results:

Total Work Hours: 0.00 hours

Regular Hours: 0.00 hours

Overtime Hours: 0.00 hours

Gross Pay: $0.00

function calculateTimeCard() { var clockInTimeStr = document.getElementById("clockInTime").value; var clockOutTimeStr = document.getElementById("clockOutTime").value; var breakDurationMinutes = parseFloat(document.getElementById("breakDuration").value); var hourlyRate = parseFloat(document.getElementById("hourlyRate").value); var overtimeThresholdHours = parseFloat(document.getElementById("overtimeThreshold").value); var overtimeMultiplier = parseFloat(document.getElementById("overtimeMultiplier").value); // Validate inputs if (!clockInTimeStr || !clockOutTimeStr || isNaN(breakDurationMinutes) || isNaN(hourlyRate) || isNaN(overtimeThresholdHours) || isNaN(overtimeMultiplier)) { document.getElementById("result").innerHTML = "

Please enter valid values for all fields.

"; return; } // Helper function to convert "HH:MM" to total minutes from midnight function timeToMinutes(timeStr) { var parts = timeStr.split(':'); var hours = parseInt(parts[0], 10); var minutes = parseInt(parts[1], 10); return (hours * 60) + minutes; } var clockInMinutes = timeToMinutes(clockInTimeStr); var clockOutMinutes = timeToMinutes(clockOutTimeStr); // Handle overnight shifts (clock out time is numerically smaller than clock in time) if (clockOutMinutes < clockInMinutes) { clockOutMinutes += (24 * 60); // Add 24 hours in minutes } var totalShiftMinutes = clockOutMinutes – clockInMinutes; var netWorkMinutes = totalShiftMinutes – breakDurationMinutes; // Ensure net work minutes are not negative if (netWorkMinutes overtimeThresholdHours) { regularHours = overtimeThresholdHours; overtimeHours = totalWorkHours – overtimeThresholdHours; } else { regularHours = totalWorkHours; overtimeHours = 0; } var regularPay = regularHours * hourlyRate; var overtimePay = overtimeHours * hourlyRate * overtimeMultiplier; var grossPay = regularPay + overtimePay; document.getElementById("totalWorkHours").innerText = totalWorkHours.toFixed(2); document.getElementById("regularHours").innerText = regularHours.toFixed(2); document.getElementById("overtimeHours").innerText = overtimeHours.toFixed(2); document.getElementById("grossPay").innerText = grossPay.toFixed(2); }

Understanding the Free Time Card Calculator

A Time Card Calculator is an essential tool for employees, freelancers, and small business owners to accurately track work hours, breaks, and calculate potential earnings for a given shift or workday. It simplifies the often tedious process of manual timekeeping, ensuring precision in payroll and compliance with labor laws regarding work hours and overtime.

How It Works

Our Free Time Card Calculator allows you to input key details of a single work shift and instantly provides a breakdown of your total work hours, regular hours, overtime hours, and estimated gross pay. This helps in understanding your daily compensation and ensuring you're paid fairly for all hours worked.

Input Fields Explained:

Clock In Time: This is the exact time you started your work shift. Enter it in HH:MM format.
Clock Out Time: This is the exact time you finished your work shift. Enter it in HH:MM format. The calculator can handle overnight shifts (e.g., clocking in at 22:00 and clocking out at 06:00 the next day).
Total Break Duration (minutes): The total amount of time, in minutes, you spent on unpaid breaks during your shift. This duration will be subtracted from your total shift time to determine your net work hours.
Hourly Pay Rate ($): Your standard hourly wage before any deductions. This is used to calculate your regular and overtime earnings.
Daily Overtime Threshold (hours): The number of hours worked in a single day after which overtime pay applies. Common thresholds are 8 hours.
Overtime Multiplier (e.g., 1.5 for time and a half): The factor by which your hourly rate is multiplied for overtime hours. For "time and a half," this would be 1.5; for "double time," it would be 2.0.

Output Results:

Total Work Hours: The total number of hours you worked, net of any breaks.
Regular Hours: The portion of your total work hours that falls within the standard daily work limit (before overtime applies).
Overtime Hours: The number of hours worked beyond your daily overtime threshold.
Gross Pay: Your estimated total earnings for the shift, including both regular and overtime pay, before taxes and other deductions.

Example Scenario:

Let's say you worked a shift with the following details:

Clock In Time: 08:30
Clock Out Time: 18:00
Total Break Duration: 45 minutes
Hourly Pay Rate: $20.00
Daily Overtime Threshold: 8 hours
Overtime Multiplier: 1.5

Here's how the calculator would process it:

Total Shift Duration: 18:00 – 08:30 = 9 hours and 30 minutes (570 minutes).
Net Work Minutes: 570 minutes – 45 minutes (break) = 525 minutes.
Total Work Hours: 525 minutes / 60 = 8.75 hours.
Regular Hours: Since the threshold is 8 hours, you worked 8 regular hours.
Overtime Hours: 8.75 total hours – 8 regular hours = 0.75 overtime hours.
Regular Pay: 8 hours * $20.00/hour = $160.00.
Overtime Pay: 0.75 hours * $20.00/hour * 1.5 = $22.50.
Gross Pay: $160.00 + $22.50 = $182.50.

This calculator provides a quick and accurate way to manage your daily work time and understand your earnings.