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- Enter manual mode by clicking the list icon in the upper right corner on the Time Tracker page<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Optionally, type what you’ve worked on in the What have you worked on?<\/strong> box<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Optionally, mark time as billable, select project\/task, and add tags<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Set the start and end time, or add time by duration<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Change the date if needed, by clicking on the calendar icon and selecting the date<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Add the entry by clicking ADD<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
If you’re adding a time entry for a different date, it will be added to the appropriate day header (whether the date is in the past or the future).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can also use keyboard shortcuts when navigating through the Time Tracker page. Use TAB<\/strong> to move through fields and press Enter<\/strong> when you select ADD<\/strong> to add a new entry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Add time by duration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Manual mode lets you add time entries by duration. Let\u2019s say you’ve started working 2 hours ago, but you didn’t start the timer. To add past time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Switch to manual mode<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Click on the time (00:00:00)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Type 2h (or 200 or 2:00)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Click ADD<\/strong> to add the time entry<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhen you type 2h, the current time will be used as the start time and “the current time + 2h” as the end time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can input time in both clock and decimal notation. For example, to represent 2 hours and 45 minutes you worked, you can enter either \u201c2.75\u201d in decimal, or \u201c2:45\u201d in clock notation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Duration format guide<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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- If you type anything between 1 and 59<\/strong>, it will be interpreted as minutes (1 will become 1m)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- If you’re using decimal format<\/a>, it will be interpreted as hours (1 will become 1h)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- If you type 60 or 99<\/strong>, it will be interpreted as 1h or 1h39m<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- If you type 123 or 1234<\/strong>, it will be interpreted as 1h23m or 12h34m<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- If you type 1:1<\/strong> it will be interpreted as 1h1m (1:61 will become 2h01m)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- If you type 1:1:1<\/strong>, it will be interpreted as 1h1m1s<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- If you type 1h, 30m, 1s, 1h30m1s, it will be interpreted as 1 hour, 30 minutes, 1 second, or 1 hour 30 minutes and 1 second (or any other combo)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- If you type 0.1<\/strong>, it will be interpreted as 6 minutes (0.2 will become 12m, 1.5 will become 1h30m, 7.2 will become 7h12min)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- If you type 1.0 <\/strong>or 1,0<\/strong>, it will be interpreted as 1 hour<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- If you type :30<\/strong>, it will be interpreted as 30 minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- If you type .5<\/strong> or .25<\/strong>, it will be interpreted as 30 minutes or 15 minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- If you add multiple time entries, end time of the previous entry will be the start time of the next one<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Input format for start and end time<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
When you input the start and end time the duration will be displayed in the decimal format<\/a> set in the settings: Full<\/strong> (hh:mm:ss), Compact<\/strong> (h:mm), Decimal<\/strong> (h.hh).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Clockify also accepts alternative inputs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- You can omit the colons (e.g. 0345<\/strong> will become 03:45\/3:45AM)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- You can also use dots instead of colons (e.g. 9.45<\/strong> will become 9:45)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- You can type 1am\/1 am, 1pm\/1 pm<\/strong> and it will get converted to 01:00\/1:00AM and 13:00\/1:00PM, respectively<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- If you type just one or two numbers, they will be treated as hours (e.g. 1<\/strong> will become 01:00\/01:00AM and 13<\/strong> will become 13:00\/1:00PM)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- If you type three numbers, the first number will become the hour and last two will become minutes (e.g. 130<\/strong> will become 1:30\/1:30AM)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
You can control whether you want Clockify to show time in 12-hour or 24-hour format in your Profile settings<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Please note that, if the start and end time include an overnight period, there will be a superscript number next to the end time, showing how many additional days the time entry covers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Add time manually while your timer is running<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
While it’s not possible to manually input time while you have a current timer running, you can use the duplicate option of a previous entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This will create a new time entry exactly as the previous one and you can change the details of that entry to whatever you need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Force Timer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
With the Force timer<\/a> feature available in the Pro plan, the manual mode on the Time Tracker can be disabled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nRelated articles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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- Duration format<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Force timer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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- Force timer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
- You can also use dots instead of colons (e.g. 9.45<\/strong> will become 9:45)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- If you’re using decimal format<\/a>, it will be interpreted as hours (1 will become 1h)<\/li>\n\n\n\n