Time Elapsed
Time between two moments
Input
Result
Everything is calculated in your browser. The dates you type are never sent to a server.
How to use
Measures how much time passed between two date-times. You get the span the way people say it (days and hours) and the total in days, hours, minutes and seconds — with daylight saving taken into account. Nothing you enter is uploaded.
When to use it
- Totalling hours worked or time spent on a task.
- Checking how long a trip actually took.
- Converting a span into a single unit.
How to use it
- Pick the start and end date-times.
- The calendar-style result and the totals appear together.
Good to know
- Across a daylight-saving change, clock time and real elapsed time differ. The tool reports the gap in minutes and the totals use the time that actually passed.
- When clocks spring forward, some times do not exist. Enter one and the tool says which time it used instead.
- When clocks fall back, an hour happens twice. The earlier occurrence is used, and the screen says so.
- If the end comes first, the two are swapped and you are told.
- Everything is calculated inside your browser.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between the calendar view and the totals?
The calendar view is how people speak — "2 days 3 hours" — while the totals convert that into one unit, such as 51 hours. Use the totals when you are billing or logging time.
Does it handle daylight saving correctly?
Yes. Across a transition the clock difference and the real elapsed time differ by an hour; the tool points that out and the totals use the time that actually passed. In zones without daylight saving the notice never appears.
Is it accurate to the second?
It calculates to the second from what you enter. The calculation follows this device's time zone, so a wrong clock or zone setting makes the result wrong too.
I only need whole days.
The date difference tool counts calendar days, and also shows the count with weekends removed.