diff --git a/recipe/meta.json b/recipe/meta.json
index da80c7451..8a55437b5 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.json
+++ b/recipe/meta.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "build": "py_2",
-  "buildnum": 2,
+  "build": "py_0",
+  "buildnum": 0,
   "name": "uwtools",
   "packages": {
     "dev": [
@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@
       "requests >=2.32,<2.33"
     ]
   },
-  "version": "2.12.0"
+  "version": "2.12.1"
 }
diff --git a/src/uwtools/resources/info.json b/src/uwtools/resources/info.json
index 0f093f3e2..d231de7c8 100644
--- a/src/uwtools/resources/info.json
+++ b/src/uwtools/resources/info.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "buildnum": "2",
-  "version": "2.12.0"
+  "buildnum": "0",
+  "version": "2.12.1"
 }
diff --git a/src/uwtools/tests/utils/test_time.py b/src/uwtools/tests/utils/test_time.py
index d5315d5d6..d68c074eb 100644
--- a/src/uwtools/tests/utils/test_time.py
+++ b/src/uwtools/tests/utils/test_time.py
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ def test_utils_time_to_timedelta():
         ("01:02:03", timedelta(hours=1, minutes=2, seconds=3)),
         ("168:00:00", timedelta(days=7)),
         (6, timedelta(hours=6)),
+        ("6", timedelta(hours=6)),
+        (6.25, timedelta(hours=6, minutes=15)),
+        ("6.25", timedelta(hours=6, minutes=15)),
         (timedelta(seconds=1), timedelta(seconds=1)),
     ]:
         assert time.to_timedelta(value=value) == expected  # type: ignore[arg-type]
diff --git a/src/uwtools/utils/time.py b/src/uwtools/utils/time.py
index 3d243aa25..d76367936 100644
--- a/src/uwtools/utils/time.py
+++ b/src/uwtools/utils/time.py
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ def to_iso8601(value: str | datetime) -> str:
 def to_timedelta(value: int | str | timedelta) -> timedelta:
     if isinstance(value, timedelta):
         return value
-    if isinstance(value, int):
+    if isinstance(value, (float, int)):
         return timedelta(hours=value)
     keys = ["hours", "minutes", "seconds"]
-    args = dict(zip(keys, map(int, value.split(":")), strict=False))
+    args = dict(zip(keys, map(float, value.split(":")), strict=False))
     return timedelta(**args)