Punch in and out

Punching is the quickest way to log time as you work. Each punch becomes a stint: an activity, a day, and an in and out time.

Punching is on the Week tab, at the top.

Punch in #

1. Under Punch, pick the activity you're starting on.
2. Click Punch in.

The start time is now, rounded the way your settings say. While you're punched in, the bar shows On, the activity, since and the start time, and a running clock.

Activities come from the Codes tab. See Codes.

Switch to another activity #

Pick an activity in Switch to…. That ends the stint you're on and starts a new one at the same minute.

Fix a punch while it runs #

• Punched in on the wrong thing? Change the activity in the punch bar. The stint becomes that activity from when it started.
• Started earlier than you punched in? Type the real start in the time box, like 8:45a.

Punch out #

Click Punch out. The stint ends now, rounded. A stint that rounds to nothing is dropped.

A punch you forgot to end #

If a punch has been running for many hours, Timecard doesn't end it "now", since that would invent hours. Instead it asks when you stopped that day:

1. Type the time you stopped, like 5:30p.
2. Click Set out time.

Or click Delete it to remove the stint. A punch still running from an earlier day also shows in Checks.

Change a stint later #

Click the stint's card in its day, or edit its row in the table below. See Log time.

Related #

• Log time
• Codes
• Pay periods and rules
• Timecard overview