Shift length calculator

What the result means

Shift length is clock time minus unpaid breaks. If finish is earlier than start, the shift is treated as crossing midnight.

How it is calculated

Elapsed = finish − start, or finish + 24 − start if overnight. Paid = elapsed − unpaid break

• Time: Decimal 24-hour clock. 17.5 is 5:30 pm.

Times are numbers, not timezone-aware timestamps. 24.0 is not valid; use 0 for midnight.

Worked example

22:00 to 06:00 with a 30-minute unpaid break

A night shift.

Elapsed

8 hours

Paid

7.5 hours

Feed 7.5 hours into the timesheet calculator if overtime rules also apply.

Paid versus unpaid breaks

Awards differ on whether a meal break is paid. Enter only the unpaid portion. Penalties for weekends, nights and public holidays are not applied.

A 22:00–06:00 night shift is 8 hours elapsed. A 30-minute unpaid meal break makes it 7.5 paid hours. Feed that 7.5 into the timesheet calculator if overtime also applies, rather than treating the clock-on to clock-off span as the paid day.

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