Write all 14 positions
| Week | Mon–Tue | Wed–Thu | Fri–Sun |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Work | Off | Work |
| Week 2 | Off | Work | Off |
This example has seven workdays and seven days off over two weeks. Workplace naming varies, so use the actual roster sequence rather than assuming that every schedule called 2-2-3 has identical hours or a fixed day/night arrangement.
Count scheduled and paid hours separately
At 12 scheduled hours per shift, seven shifts give 84 hours over the full 14 days. The average is 42 hours per week, but the illustrated weeks contain 60 and 24 scheduled hours respectively.
With a 30-minute unpaid break on every shift, paid time becomes 80.5 hours per cycle: 57.5 in the five-shift week and 23 in the two-shift week. Do not use the two-week average to decide overtime unless the rules that apply to you explicitly use that period.
Keep day and night changes separate from days off
The pattern describes which dates are workdays. A workplace can also rotate the work block between days and nights. If that change happens over a longer period, your complete repeating cycle may be longer than 14 days.
Write the longer sequence out before saving it. Otherwise a calendar can correctly show work versus off while still displaying the wrong shift time. Confirm both the date and the shift type at the beginning of the next cycle.
Check the anchor and the month boundary
Choose a date that you know matches position one. Generate four weeks and compare a weekend, the next cycle start and the first day of the following month. Use our calendar generator for a simple preview, then use ClockPay’s rotation editor for your saved personal schedule.
If you swap a shift, change the affected date rather than shifting the entire cycle forward. A single exception usually does not change every later working day.