Check Compressed Workdays After Unpaid Breaks — Free
Ten hours between arrival and departure may not mean ten paid hours. Convert unpaid breaks before checking whether a compressed-day pattern meets the target you were given.
The proof surface
Paid-leave ledgers reconcile accrued balances. This checks the paid time inside a proposed day pattern and does not calculate leave, overtime or legal entitlements.
Why the flat version breaks
Entering clock notation as decimals
10.30 hours is not ten hours thirty minutes.
Subtracting a paid break
Only genuinely unpaid time belongs in the deduction column.
Assuming the total establishes compliance
Local law, contracts and averaging periods may impose different rules.
How to work the compressed-day time register
Use 10.5 for ten hours thirty minutes, not 10.30. Include only the span covered by the same work arrangement.
Enter unpaid minutes only. Confirm the arrangement with the employer rather than assuming every lunch or rest break is unpaid.
Paid hours = elapsed hours − unpaid minutes ÷ 60. Subtract the required daily hours for a signed difference. Ten elapsed hours with a 60-minute unpaid break is 0.5 hours short of 9.5.
Negative rows are short of the target. Positive time in another row does not automatically authorize averaging, overtime or a compressed-week agreement.
What the compressed-day time register replaces
| Question | Before | Visible working |
|---|---|---|
| Entering clock notation as decimals | 10.30 hours is not ten hours thirty minutes. | Separate unpaid from paid breaks |
| Subtracting a paid break | Only genuinely unpaid time belongs in the deduction column. | Subtract breaks and compare with the target |
| Assuming the total establishes compliance | Local law, contracts and averaging periods may impose different rules. | Review the pattern with the schedule owner |
A local arithmetic aid replaces hand calculation, not expert review. No paid AI service is needed.
Run it on the samples, right here
FIRST-LOAD
Research prototype — checkout unavailable. Input is processed locally and a draft is saved automatically in this browser profile when storage is available. Reset to sample clears that draft; Pro history has its own clear button. A state link encodes your inputs in its URL: share only non-sensitive rows. Browser history, clipboard and anyone receiving the link may retain it. Optional AI use below leaves this device; it is not required.
Schedule arithmetic only, not employment, wage or legal advice. Confirm break treatment, maximum hours and overtime rules with HR, a union or a qualified adviser.
Data note: Everything runs in this browser tab on the compressed-day time register: your day pattern | elapsed hours on site | unpaid break minutes stays on this device, nothing is uploaded, and the reading is rebuilt only when you press run.
Go deeper: the companion app files the same reading as a bound register page
The article demo above runs without limits. The companion app keeps a local history, exports the rows as CSV, prints the compressed-day time register reading, and holds your drafts on this device — one complete free run; the proposed $4 one-time filing layer is not currently for sale.
The compressed-day time register reading is complete for free. The optional $4 layer adds print, row CSV and the last five local reading summaries; it does not add hidden answers. Checkout is not configured yet; the article demo remains unlimited.
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Schedule arithmetic only, not employment, wage or legal advice. Confirm break treatment, maximum hours and overtime rules with HR, a union or a qualified adviser.
What this is built on
- Method: Paid hours = elapsed hours − unpaid minutes ÷ 60. Subtract the required daily hours for a signed difference. Ten elapsed hours with a 60-minute unpaid break is 0.5 hours short of 9.5.
- All sample records are invented examples. The app does not fetch measurements, policies, files or personal records.
- Google’s official pricing page, fetched 2026-09-29, lists free-tier access including AI Studio. Optional formatting only; limits and availability can change. Free-tier content may be used to improve products. Never paste private records there.
Before: 10.30 hours is not ten hours thirty minutes. After: the compressed-day time register shows the working beside each named row so the reader can change the assumption and inspect the consequence.
Optional AI formatting, not calculation
For this compressed-day time register, use the free AI Studio interface only if available to you, with no paid API key. Manual entry completes the same workflow for free. Supply only fictional or non-sensitive notes. Review its output against the source; never paste unresolved questions into the numeric rows.
Format my non-sensitive notes for a compressed-day time register. Return plain rows only: day pattern | elapsed hours on site | unpaid break minutes. Preserve supplied quantities exactly. Do not guess missing values; list questions separately. Do not calculate or add advice. I will check every row before pasting into the local tool.
Accepted schema: day pattern | elapsed hours on site | unpaid break minutes. No AI response is executed as code.