Convert minutes into hours and minutes, decimal hours and days — or go the other way, from hours back to minutes.
150 minutes is 2 hours 30 minutes — which is 2.5 hours in decimal, the form timesheets usually want.
Hours and minutes
—How to use this tool
Minutes into hours, or decimal hours back into minutes.
Any value zero or above — decimals are fine.
Hours and minutes, decimal hours, days and seconds appear together.
2.5 hours, not 2 hours 30 minutes, is what payroll systems expect.
Formula & worked example
150 minutes ÷ 60 = 2 whole hours with 30 minutes left over, so 150 minutes = 2 h 30 min = 2.5 hours = 0.1042 days = 9000 seconds. And 2.5 hours × 60 = 150 minutes, back where we started.
Limitations — read this before you rely on it
This is an exact unit conversion — there is no rounding in the maths itself, only in how many decimals are displayed. Decimal hours are shown to 4 places; 2 hours 30 minutes is exactly 2.5 hours.
Frequently asked questions
60. So divide minutes by 60 to get hours, or multiply hours by 60 to get minutes.
1.5 hours — 1 hour 30 minutes. Divide 90 by 60.
Payroll maths is easier in decimals: 2.5 hours × an hourly rate is one multiplication, while 2 h 30 min needs converting first.
45 ÷ 60 = 0.75, so 2.75 hours.
Yes — the days figure is included, so 2880 minutes reads as 2 days as well as 48 hours.