ToolNova

Time Calculator

Add or subtract hours, minutes and seconds, or find the duration between two times of day.

Result time

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How It Works

  1. 1Choose Add/Subtract or Time Between mode.
  2. 2Enter your times.
  3. 3View the result instantly.

Features

  • Add or subtract durations
  • Calculate duration between two times of day

Privacy

All calculations happen instantly in your browser. Nothing you enter is ever sent anywhere.

About Time Calculator

Add/subtract mode carries hours, minutes and seconds the way you'd expect on a clock — for example, 45 minutes plus 30 minutes rolls over into 1 hour 15 minutes rather than showing 75 minutes. Time-between mode instead finds the elapsed duration between two clock times, including handling the case where the end time falls on the next day.

These modes cover everyday scheduling questions: adding up recorded time segments like exercise or task logs, working out how long a shift or meeting runs, or finding out how much time is left until something later today.

Time-between mode handles crossing midnight correctly — for instance, 10pm to 2am comes out to 4 hours — but it works purely with clock times, not calendar dates. For a duration that spans multiple full days, pair this tool with the Date Difference Calculator to get the day count and use this one for the hours-and-minutes portion.

Frequently Asked Questions

If the end time is earlier on the clock than the start time, the calculator assumes the end time falls on the next day and works out the wraparound duration correctly.