Tracking time
Start and stop timers right from the board or a task, watch reported time tick up live, and see your daily total in the header.
Overview
Every task tracks two numbers: the estimated time and the reported time (how much has actually been logged). You build up reported time either by running a timer or by adding a manual entry. This page covers the timer; for the weekly roll-up and client reports, see Timesheet & Reports.
You can run one timer at a time. Starting a timer on a different task (or subtask) automatically stops the one already running and logs its time.
Starting and stopping a timer
You can control the timer from wherever the time numbers already live — no need to dig into a tab.
From the board. Each task card has a small play button next to its estimated / reported numbers. Click it to start the timer without opening the task.
From a task. Open a task and use the Start button in the header bar, to the left of the reported / estimated figures.
From a subtask. Open a subtask and use the timer button next to its Reported figure.
Stop. Click the same button again (now showing Stop) — or use the stop button in the header widget. Stopping writes the elapsed time to the task as a time entry.
The task or subtask with the running timer is highlighted with a colored tint and a small pulsing dot, so you can always tell at a glance what's being timed.
Watching reported time grow
While a timer runs, the reported figure on the card, in the task header, and in the subtask panel ticks up minute by minute — you don't need to refresh or stop the timer to see progress. Time is always shown as HH:MM; seconds are never displayed. When you stop, the figure settles on the committed total without jumping.
Your reported total today
The header shows a today figure: the total time you've reported today, in your timezone, as HH:MM. While a timer is running it includes the current session and advances every minute, and it sits next to a link to the active task and a stop button. A timer left running past midnight only counts the part that falls in today.
"Today" follows the timezone on your profile. If you haven't set one, your browser's timezone is used as a best guess until you save one in Profile → Settings.
Adding time manually
If you forgot to run a timer, open the task's (or subtask's) Time tab and use Add entry to log a duration against a date. Manual entries and timer entries roll up into the same reported total.
Timers are capped at 8 hours. If one runs longer (for example, left on overnight), it is stopped automatically and logs 8 hours.