timeclock.now — Frequently Asked Questions

Yes — free, no signup, no download, no employee limit because everything runs locally.

Yes. Punches and time cards are stored in your browser on your device. Nothing is sent to a server and nothing is stored by us.

Subtract the start time from the end time, deduct unpaid breaks, then convert the minutes to decimal hours for payroll. The time card calculator does all three steps.

0.75 hours. Minutes are divided by 60, so 45 ÷ 60 = 0.75 — not 0.45, which is the error the decimal converter exists to prevent.

No. It calculates and records hours accurately, but there is no approval workflow, multi-employee roster or payroll export.

No. Entries are saved in your browser's local storage on this device only. Nothing is transmitted, and clearing your browser data removes them.

The log covers the current day and resets automatically when the date changes, so the total you see always refers to today.

You can punch multiple separate segments in a day and each is listed individually, but the running total combines them.

The open segment keeps counting until you punch out. For a shift you have already worked, enter the times directly on the time card calculator instead.

Enter the times as they happened, for example 22:00 to 06:00. When the end time is earlier than the start, the calculator treats it as crossing midnight and adds the full day.

Most sensible ones: 9:00, 0900, 9.5, and 5:00 PM are all understood, so you can type whatever matches your own card.

Anything over 40 hours in the workweek is shown separately as overtime. Some states also require overtime after a set number of hours in a single day, which this weekly view does not apply.

Yes, in your browser on this device only. Nothing is uploaded, and clearing your browser data clears the card.

Only if you enter a break in minutes. Enter the unpaid portion; short paid rest breaks should not be deducted.

Because payroll systems take decimal hours. 7 hours 45 minutes is 7.75 hours, not 7.45, and the second form is the one that gets typed wrongly.

Yes — an end time earlier than the start is read as the following day, which is how night shifts are normally recorded.

0.75 hours. Divide the minutes by 60: 45 ÷ 60 = 0.75.

0.33 hours, rounded to two places. The exact value is 0.3333 recurring, and payroll systems normally round to two decimals.

Because pay is a rate multiplied by hours, and multiplying by a base-60 figure needs conversion first. Decimal hours multiply directly by an hourly rate.

Two decimal places is the payroll convention and is accurate to well under a minute. Follow whatever your employer's system expects.

No. Converting minutes to decimals is arithmetic; rounding punch times is a policy, and it has rules of its own.