The time calculator helps you either add or subtract two time values. It lets you enter time as units of days, hours, minutes, and seconds and automates the task of time addition/subtraction.
How Does the Calculator Function?
Our tool functions in simple steps, such that:
✔️ It allows you to enter the time, considering blank input fields as zero ‘0’
✔️ Allows you to select the arithmetic operator based on your need
✔️ Calculate time durations
Let’s discuss it with an example!
Suppose you had 2 assignments to complete. The 1st one took 3 hours and 34 minutes to complete. The 2nd one took 4 hours, 23 minutes, and 12 seconds to complete.
- Enter the 3 hours and 34 minutes in the above field, respectively
- Enter the 4 hours, 23 minutes, and 12 seconds in the below fields, respectively
- Click ‘Calculate’
Applications of Time Calculator:
Our time calculator serves many different practical applications, which include:
- Calculating how long it would take to complete a certain task.
- To plan your time in case you are stuck in some course of work.
- To calculate working hours in case you do a job.
- Whether its a road trip or flying by air, the time calculator lets you calculate the exact travel time.
- Setting appointments with doctors, dentists, or for personal services, ensuring you have enough time to travel and attend.
And the list continues…
How to Add Time?
Steps:
- Write down the hours, minutes, and seconds of two times in a proper alignment (hours under hours, minutes under minutes, seconds under seconds).
Add the seconds. If the answer equals or exceeds 60, divide it by 60 to get the quotient and the remainder. Write the remainder as the new second value and take the quotient as on minutes section.
- Next, add the minutes the same way, including the quotient from seconds. If the number again equals or exceeds 60, divide it by 60 to write the remainder as the minute section and take the quotient as carry over the hour section.
- Add the hours, including the quotient value from the minutes section.
Example:
Let's add 4 hours 30 minutes 45 seconds to 2 hours 45 minutes 20 seconds.
- Seconds: 20 + 45 = 65 seconds. 65 divided by 60 is 1 with a remainder of 5. So, write down 5 seconds and carry over 1 minute.
- Minutes: 45 + 30 + 1 (carry-over) = 76 minutes. 76 divided by 60 is 1 with a remainder of 16. So, write down 16 minutes and carry over 1 hour.
- Hours: 1 + 2 + 1 (carry-over) = 4 hours.
Final Answer:
2 hour 45 minutes 20 seconds
+ 4 hours 30 minutes 45 seconds
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7 hours 16 minutes 5 seconds
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How to Subtract Time?
- Write down the hours, minutes, and seconds of both times in proper alignment
- If the seconds value (to be subtracted) is greater than the starting seconds value, take 1 minute (60 seconds) from the minutes section.
- Repeat step 2 for the minutes section as well.
- Subtract the hours
Example:
Let's subtract 1 hour 45 minutes 20 seconds from 3 hours 15 minutes 10 seconds.
- Seconds: Since 20 is larger than 10, borrow 1 minute from the minutes column, making it 14 minutes. 10 seconds + 60 seconds (borrowed) - 20 seconds = 50 seconds.
- Minutes: Since 45 is larger than 14, borrow 1 hour from the hours column, making it 2 hours. 14 minutes + 60 minutes (borrowed) - 45 minutes = 29 minutes.
- Hours: 2 hours - 1 hour = 1 hour.
Final Answer:
3 hours 15 minutes 10 seconds
- 1 hour 45 minutes 20 seconds
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5 hours 0 minutes 30 seconds
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