Your one-period snapshot
Compare one period
Use the same counting unit throughout. The result updates as you type and stays on this device.
Your entries stay in this browser. Nothing is uploaded.
Worked 14-day example
Period: 14 overnights. Planned: 7. Missed: 1. Completed make-up: 1. Actual = 7 โ 1 + 1 = 7 overnights. Planned share = 50%. Actual share = 50%. Variance = 0. Link the missed and make-up nights to their dated records.
Hours example
For a 14-day hourly period, enter 336 total hours. Use hours for every other field. Do not mix an overnight value into an hourly calculation.
How to read this in the UK
Three things need to stay separate in a record. What the arrangement says, what actually happened, and the file that shows it. Blur them together and a reader has to take your word for it. Keep them apart and the record speaks for itself.
The UK is not one family-law system. England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland each have their own rules, forms and vocabulary. Use the words that appear in your own order or agreement rather than a term borrowed from somewhere else.
Keep the complete source file, not a crop of it. Write events in the order they happened, and say plainly where something is missing or unclear. A family solicitor can work with a record like that. They cannot work with a reconstruction.
Locality checklist for a UK review
Name the UK nation and court. Copy the key words from the current order or plan. Add places only when they help explain the event. Remove home or school addresses if the reader does not need them. Check the right court rules before you use a private timeline as a formal record.
Choose a unit before entering values
Overnights and hours answer different organizational questions. Use one unit for every value in a calculation and state the counting rule in the record. Do not convert between units by changing the toggle. The tool preserves the numbers and changes only the unit label. Courts, agencies, agreements, and support systems may count time differently.
Define the period and planned time
A fourteen-day schedule has fourteen overnights, while a fourteen-day hourly review has 336 hours. Planned time is the amount assigned in the schedule for the chosen unit and period. Keep the schedule or agreement as a linked source.
Subtract missed time and add completed make-up time
Missed time is part of the planned allocation that did not occur. Make-up time should be counted only when it occurred within the selected period. A proposal is not completed time. The calculator prevents missed time from exceeding planned time and prevents planned or actual time from exceeding the period.
Read share and variance together
Planned share is planned divided by the period total. Actual share uses calculated actual time. Variance is actual minus planned: a negative figure means actual time was lower in that period. A positive figure means it was higher. The figures describe inputs, not why a difference occurred.
Link every adjustment to the chronology
A percentage without its rows is difficult to audit. Link missed units to a missed-handover entry and make-up units to the completed event. Record later corrections transparently, then rerun the calculation and date the revised summary. It isn't useful to detach the summary from those source rows.
Keep legal and administrative calculations separate
This aid does not decide custody allocation, child support, entitlement, compliance, or what a court will accept. Definitions can vary by US state, UK nation, Australian state or territory, Canadian province or territory, and other systems. Use the terms and method needed by the relevant document or qualified local adviser.
A UK review note
Compare planned and actual parenting time for one period using overnights or hours, including missed and completed make-up time. Sharing any of it in the UK takes a few more steps.
Before you share any of this, work from a copy. Remove private details the reader does not need, and leave the original file untouched.
Check each key sentence. Can you link it to a date or source? If not, change the summary. Do not fill the gap with a guess.
Name the UK nation and court on the review copy. Keep the words used in the order. Ask a family solicitor about court rules and what you may need to share.
Can I use decimals?
Yes. Hours and other units may use decimals. Results are rounded to two decimal places.
What if missed time exceeds planned time?
The calculator rejects that input. Check the period and records before calculating.
Does make-up time erase a missed event?
No. Keep both dated records. Make-up time changes the period arithmetic, not the history.
Does this calculate child support or a court result?
No. It is solely a record-organizing aid and does not apply local legal formulas.
Does this cover Scotland and Northern Ireland too?
No. England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have separate family-law systems, forms and terms. Use the page to organise a working record and get advice for the relevant legal system.
Sources
England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have separate family-law systems, forms and terms. The official source gives orientation only. This page is a records guide, not legal advice.