timesheet template header

Free timesheet templates for Excel

Manage employee hours, project time, and weekly schedules with Microsoft Excel timesheet templates that simplify reporting and improve accuracy.

Smart time tracking from start to submit

Lightbulb icon

Track work accurately from day one

Record hours in Excel with timesheet templates designed for daily, weekly, or project‑based tracking. Log hours, breaks, and overtime in a clear, consistent layout that is both easy to update and review.

Text Grammar Wand icon

Get payroll ready totals with templates

Built-in structure and calculations in Excel can prevent missing or inconsistent entries. Use formulas where needed to total hours automatically so payroll, invoices, or client reports can be prepared with confidence.

Document One Page Sparkle icon

Customize work logs and share with ease

Adjust worksheets as needed in a few clicks. Whether the work is project-based, hourly based or shift based, Excel templates cater for a variety of logs. Share timesheets online, keep versions organized, and update them as schedules change.

Timesheet templates

Find customizable templates for logging daily hours, managing billable time, and supporting accurate payroll or client invoicing.

How to use timesheet templates in Microsoft Excel

  1. Browse timesheet templates on Excel for the web.

  2. Double click on the timesheet template you want to use.

  3. Replace the cell values and naming with the required information.

  4. Save, print, or share the timesheet as a PDF.

User interface for creating a blank spreadsheet

Ensure accuracy with timesheet calculators

Select from a range of timesheet templates that automatically adds time and subtracts lunch hours. Instantly calculate overtime hours and total pay based on hours with tailored formulas. View total time for the period and easily set up a timesheet in minutes to share with your team for input. 

Open Excel spreadsheet titled ‘TIMESHEET’ displaying time entry data across multiple rows and columns.

Choose timesheet templates for different periods

Track time over daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, and annual reporting periods with Excel timesheet templates. Align timesheets with your pay period to simplify reporting and customize with your company branding information, logos, client names and projects. 

Stacked green and white Excel spreadsheets representing various timesheet formats for different time periods.

Track time for invoice generation

Send clear invoices based on project hours you’ve recorded. View total hours by project or client in Excel and generate an invoice in minutes. Use a central time tracker instead of requesting team members for regular updated project hours. 

Person sitting at a desk using a laptop, with overlay text ‘Track time for invoice generation’

Analyze timesheets with Copilot 

Create reports for total hours, total pay, and overtime by employee with Copilot in Excel. Ask Copilot to highlight cells with missing time entries or employees above a certain threshold of overtime hours. Create charts and PivotTables for further insights on trends.

Excel spreadsheet open alongside Microsoft Copilot interface for analysing timesheet data

Frequently asked questions

  • How to calculate hours in an Excel timesheet? 

    To calculate hours, first make sure the input cells are in time format in Excel. Then, create equations subtracting the lunch hour and clock out time from clock in time. Multiply the resulting decimal by 24 to see the day’s work hours. For a faster solution, customize an Excel timesheet template or copy its formulas.

  • How to write 15 minutes on a timesheet? 

    If the timesheet counts hours numerically, 15 minutes is equal to 0.25 hours. In this case, 0.5 hours is 30 minutes and 0.75 hours is 45 minutes. If you use Excel, you can format the cells to accept time inputs like 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM. 

  • How to create a monthly timesheet in Excel? 

    Start with a monthly Excel timesheet template or copy a weekly template to include five weeks per spreadsheet. If you’re building a monthly timesheet from scratch, set up columns for the date, time in, time out, lunch, and total hours. Create formulas to total each day’s working hours along with the monthly total.

Manage employee time and productivity effectively using timesheet templates by Microsoft Excel