Hours Calculator

What is an Hour Calculator?

Hour calculator is a kind of calculator that can calculate the hour difference between any two given times. It also gives results in minutes, so that you can accurately calculate even the minutes.

How Does an Hour Calculator Work?

Most of the hour calculators work the same. The users input their start time and end time with the selection of "AM/PM", then the calculator uses its javascript mathematical function and subtracts the time. That's how they get the exact time difference. 

How to Calculate Hours With Our Hour Calculator?

After you land on the tools page, you will see two dropdowns.

1. You will have the independence to select either from the dropdown or by  inputting time manually.

2. You have to do this for "Start Time" and "End Time" and also select 'AM/PM'.

3. After selecting the time, you have to click the "Calculate" button.

4. Under it, you will be shown your result in two ways. "in hours" and "in minutes".  

Why is Our Hour Calculator Best?

Our free hour calculator is the best out there. Because it gives the user the ability to select the time from the dropdown or if the user wants then they can manually type the numbers and select AM/PM. 

Another best part is the results are 2 types. When users hit the "Calculate" button, they are shown two results; one in "difference in hours", another in "difference in minutes". This makes TrueSuggests hours calculator stand out in the crowd.

The Clock Formats: Concept of Hours

An hour is a unit of time which equals one part of 24 hours of a day. And an hour is also equal to 60 minutes. One minute is equal to 60 seconds. There are 2 types of clock format used all over the world. They are:

12-hour Clock:

A 12 hour clock uses 1-12 numbers in the clock. Most of the hand watches and wall clocks do not include AM/PM in the clock but the modern clocks or digital clocks show AM/PM. 

AM means ‘Anti Meridiem’ which usually means “before midday”, whereas PM means “Post Meridiem” which means “after noon”. By convection, AM starts at 12 in the night and PM starts at 12 in the middle of the day.

24-hour Clock:

The 24 hour clock uses the number 0-23. The clock starts with 0, resembling the start of the day at midnight and finishes the day or the 24 hours at midnight. 0 means 12 AM in a 12 hour clock.

This format is used mostly in the business areas to avoid ambiguity. However, this was started by the militaries and now around the world most of the corporate and business sectors use it.

Hours in Different Time Periods

FAQ

How Many Hours in a Year?

A calendar year has 8,766 hours, on average calculation. However, there are leap years and non leap years. The leap years have 8784 hours for 366 days calculation and the non leap years have 8760 hours for 365 days.

How Many Hours in a Month?

A calendar month has 730.5 hours, on average. However, some months consist of 30 days, some 31 days. January, March, May, July, August, October, and December have 31 days; and April, June, September, and November have 30 days. However, for the exception month February, if leap year then its 696 hours. But if it's a non leap year then it's 672 hours.

For 30 days a month, it is 720 hours and for 31 days that is 744 days.

How Many Hours in a Week?

A week means 7 days and 1 day is equal to 24 hours. So 7 days equals to 168 hours. The number of days in a week usually depends on the number of workdays.

How Many Hours in a Day?

A daytime has 24 hours where night is 12 hours and daytime 12 hours.

How Many Seconds in an Hour?

An hour consists of 60 minutes and 1 minute is equal to 60 seconds. So 1 hour means 60x60= 3600 seconds.