Time Duration Calculator
Open Time Duration Calculator on Happytails.ai. This view has the same page content and links, with explicit tool capabilities. Read the processing notes before using a tool.
Tool capabilities
{
"id": "time-duration",
"category": "date-time-tools",
"built": true,
"requirements": "Start/end times, crossing midnight, breaks, decimal hours and explicit timezone handling.",
"implementation": {
"fields": [
{
"key": "start",
"label": "Start time",
"value": "09:00",
"type": "text"
},
{
"key": "end",
"label": "End time",
"value": "17:00",
"type": "text"
},
{
"key": "break",
"label": "Unpaid break (minutes)",
"value": 30,
"type": "number"
},
{
"key": "overnight",
"label": "Ends next day",
"value": false,
"type": "checkbox"
}
],
"input": false,
"experience": {
"automatic": true,
"single": false,
"inputMaxLength": 1000000,
"inputMode": "text",
"label": "Your text",
"placeholder": "Hello world!",
"help": "Change the input or settings to update your result. Results update as you type. Up to 1,000,000 characters.",
"helpParts": [
"Change the input or settings to update your result.",
"Results update as you type.",
"Up to 1,000,000 characters."
],
"action": null
},
"mode": "automatic",
"interactive": false
},
"execution": "POST /api/v1/tools/time-duration/run",
"api": {
"id": "time-duration",
"name": "Time duration",
"category": "date-time-tools",
"description": "Start/end times, crossing midnight, breaks, decimal hours and explicit timezone handling.",
"notes": "",
"human_path": "/en/date-time-tools/time-duration/",
"method": "POST",
"endpoint": "/api/v1/tools/time-duration/run",
"schema_url": "/api/v1/tools/time-duration",
"input_schema": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
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"default": "",
"description": "Plain text input. File tools use files instead unless otherwise documented."
},
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"start": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Start time",
"default": "09:00"
},
"end": {
"type": "string",
"description": "End time",
"default": "17:00"
},
"break": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Unpaid break (minutes)",
"default": 30.0
},
"overnight": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Ends next day",
"default": false
}
}
}
}
},
"output_schema": {
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"required": [
"tool",
"result"
],
"properties": {
"tool": {
"type": "string"
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"result": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"text",
"files"
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"properties": {
"text": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"data": {
"description": "Parsed JSON when the textual result is JSON."
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"mime": {
"type": "string"
},
"files": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"name",
"mime",
"bytes",
"base64"
],
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"mime": {
"type": "string"
},
"bytes": {
"type": "integer"
},
"base64": {
"type": "string",
"contentEncoding": "base64"
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"processing": "Server; same transformation code as browser tools",
"limits": {
"request_bytes": 8388608,
"input_characters": 1000000,
"files_bytes": 5242880,
"max_files": 0,
"timeout_seconds": 12
}
},
"agent_processing": "Server; same transformation code as browser tools",
"browser_agent": {
"supported": true,
"name": "run_current_tool",
"discovery": "WebMCP on the human page in a supporting browser",
"verification": "See audit/API-AUDIT.md; availability is not verification"
}
}Page guide
Work out the hours between two times, with breaks taken out.
How to use Time duration
- Enter the values you want to calculate and choose the relevant units or settings.
- The result updates as you type. Adjust the available settings if needed.
- Review the result, then use Copy result or a download link when available.
Useful next steps
Working with time duration
Date calculations can depend on calendar rules, time zones and whether endpoints are included. A duration in hours is different from a number of calendar days when daylight-saving changes occur.
Common questions
Are all days exactly 24 hours long?
Elapsed time across a daylight-saving transition can differ from a simple calendar-day count. Use the measure relevant to your schedule.
Why can the same timestamp show different dates?
A timestamp represents an instant, while a calendar date is interpreted in a time zone. Near midnight, the same instant can fall on different local dates.
Continue your workflow: Date difference, Time zone converter, Business days.