diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/shared/utils/time.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/shared/utils/time.ts
index 77a9855287..07936764d2 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/shared/utils/time.ts
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/shared/utils/time.ts
@@ -1,28 +1,37 @@
 import { TFunction } from 'i18next'
 
+export function secondsToHoursAndMinutes(seconds: number): {
+  hours: number
+  minutes: number
+} {
+  // round up: the caller tells the user how long to wait, so never understate
+  const totalMinutes = Math.ceil(seconds / 60)
+  return {
+    hours: Math.floor(totalMinutes / 60),
+    minutes: totalMinutes % 60,
+  }
+}
+
 export function formatSecondsToHoursAndMinutes(
   t: TFunction,
   seconds: number
 ): string {
-  // round up: the caller tells the user how long to wait, so never understate
-  const totalMinutes = Math.ceil(seconds / 60)
-  const hrs = Math.floor(totalMinutes / 60)
-  const mins = totalMinutes % 60
+  const { hours, minutes } = secondsToHoursAndMinutes(seconds)
 
   const parts = []
 
-  if (hrs > 0) {
-    parts.push(t('time_hour', { count: hrs }))
+  if (hours > 0) {
+    parts.push(t('time_hour', { count: hours }))
   }
 
-  if (hrs > 0 && mins > 0) {
+  if (hours > 0 && minutes > 0) {
     parts.push(t('time_and'))
   }
 
-  if (mins > 0) {
+  if (minutes > 0) {
     parts.push(
       t('time_minute', {
-        count: mins,
+        count: minutes,
       })
     )
   }
diff --git a/services/web/test/frontend/shared/utils/time.test.ts b/services/web/test/frontend/shared/utils/time.test.ts
index 175ec54b9e..768c90d37b 100644
--- a/services/web/test/frontend/shared/utils/time.test.ts
+++ b/services/web/test/frontend/shared/utils/time.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { expect } from 'chai'
 import { TFunction } from 'i18next'
-import { formatSecondsToHoursAndMinutes } from '@/shared/utils/time'
+import {
+  formatSecondsToHoursAndMinutes,
+  secondsToHoursAndMinutes,
+} from '@/shared/utils/time'
 
 // stands in for i18next, echoing the key and its count
 const t = ((key: string, options?: { count?: number }) =>
@@ -62,3 +65,33 @@ describe('formatSecondsToHoursAndMinutes', function () {
     )
   })
 })
+
+describe('secondsToHoursAndMinutes', function () {
+  it('rounds a part-minute up - 50s', function () {
+    expect(secondsToHoursAndMinutes(50)).to.deep.equal({
+      hours: 0,
+      minutes: 1,
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('rounds a part-minute up - 1m 59s', function () {
+    expect(secondsToHoursAndMinutes(ONE_MINUTE_IN_SECONDS + 59)).to.deep.equal({
+      hours: 0,
+      minutes: 2,
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('carries whole minutes into hours without a 60 - 1h', function () {
+    expect(secondsToHoursAndMinutes(ONE_HOUR_IN_SECONDS)).to.deep.equal({
+      hours: 1,
+      minutes: 0,
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('is zero for no remaining time', function () {
+    expect(secondsToHoursAndMinutes(0)).to.deep.equal({
+      hours: 0,
+      minutes: 0,
+    })
+  })
+})