Calculate Clock Sum

Need to total up a bunch of HH:MM times fast? The Calculate Clock Sum Tool makes it easy to sum up a list of clock-formatted times like 1:30, 2:15, and 0:45, and then outputs the result in multiple formats hours and minutes, decimal hours, or total minutes.

How to Use:

1. Enter your list of times into the Time Entries box. Each time should be on its own line, in HH:MM or H:MM format.
2. You can also use the Choose File button to import a list from .txt, .csv, or .log files.
3. Adjust the Options:
   • Select the Output Format: HH:MM, Decimal Hours, or Total Minutes.
   • Enable Pad Output to make sure single-digit hours/minutes are zero-padded.
   • Use Skip Invalid Lines to ignore lines that don’t match a valid time pattern.
4. The Calculated Output box updates live as you type or change settings.
5. Click Copy Output or Export to File to save your result.
6. Use Clear All to reset everything and start over.

What Calculate Clock Sum Tool Can Do:

This tool takes a list of time durations and adds them together. It automatically parses hours and minutes from each line, handles formatting, and skips errors if you ask it to. You can view the total as a clean HH:MM value, a decimal for spreadsheet use, or as total minutes for quick math.

Example:

Input:

1:30
0:45
2:15

Output (as HH:MM):

04:30

Common Use Cases:

Use this tool to total work logs, add up time spent on tasks, or prep clean totals for invoicing and reporting. Whether you’re tracking productivity, recording shifts, or reconciling timesheets, this is a quick, no-fuss way to get the total in the format you need.

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