Payroll overnight shift splitting calculator

Calculate hours by calendar date and flat pay by calendar date with your own figures.

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Use hours by calendar date and flat pay by calendar date to compare changes to your inputs. The method and limits below explain the scope.

Examples

Examples

Try the starting example

Shifts on one fixed-offset clock: name, start YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM, end
Night,2026-10-20T22:00,2026-10-21T02:00
Flat hourly rate ($)
12
Hours by calendar date
2026-10-20: 2; 2026-10-21: 2
Flat pay by calendar date ($)
2026-10-20: 24.00; 2026-10-21: 24.00
Total hours
4
Total date-rounded flat pay ($)
$48.00

Try another scenario

Shifts on one fixed-offset clock: name, start YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM, end
Night,2026-10-20T23:00,2026-10-21T02:00
Flat hourly rate ($)
12
Hours by calendar date
2026-10-20: 1; 2026-10-21: 2
Flat pay by calendar date ($)
2026-10-20: 12.00; 2026-10-21: 24.00
Total hours
3
Total date-rounded flat pay ($)
$36.00
Calculation method

Calculation method

Hours by calendar date

Split each nonoverlapping shift at midnight and sum minutes on each calendar date.

Flat pay by calendar date ($)

Round each date’s minutes×hourly rate/60 half-up to US cents.

Total hours

Sum split minutes/60.

Total date-rounded flat pay ($)

Sum date-rounded amounts; date rounding is explicit.

Symbols and units
a
Shifts on one fixed-offset clock: name, start YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM, end
b
Flat hourly rate ($)

Use the units shown. A list keeps the order in which you enter its values. The symbol ^ means “raised to the power of”.

Assumptions & limits

Assumptions & limits

  • A calendar split on a single fixed-offset clock, without timezone or daylight-saving inference. Flat rates and date rounding are supplied assumptions, not a determination of payable work.
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Further reading

US Department of Labor: pay/time recordkeeping background; actual rules vary ↗

Background reading; this does not imply endorsement or independent review of SumFizz.

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