Time formats

For time of day, the system ignores the colon.

• For minutes, enter the hours followed by the minutes. The colon is optional.
• For 7:15 a.m., enter 715.
• For 7:30 a.m, enter 730.

12-hour format:

• From 0:00 to 11:59 is a.m. For 7 a.m., you can enter 7, 7a, 700, or 7:00.
• From 12:00 to 11:59, add p for p.m. For 5:00 p.m., enter 5p. 12:00 is noon, or you can enter 12p or 12. 00:00 is midnight, or you can enter 12a.

24-hour format:

• Range is from 00:00 (midnight) to 23:59.
• For 5:30 p.m., enter 1730.
• The system does not accept 24:00. Enter 12a, 0, or 00:00 for midnight.

The system converts decimal times into hh:mm format.

• If you enter 7.5, the time is 7:30 a.m.
• If you enter 7.5p, the time is 7:30 p.m.

For durations, the system does not ignore the colon.

• For minutes, enter the hours followed by a colon and the minutes.
• For 8 hours and 15 minutes, enter 8:15.
• For 8 ½ hours, enter 8:30. If you enter 830, the duration is 830 hours.

For whole hours, you do not have to enter the minutes. For 8 hours, enter 8 or 8:00.

The system converts decimal times into hh:mm format.

• If you enter 8.5, the duration is 8 ½ hours and is displayed as 8:30.
• If you enter 6.27, the duration is 6:16 (6.27 = 6 h + (0.27*60 min) = 6 h + 16.2 min = 6:16).
• Unless otherwise stated, durations can be greater than 24 hours.

By default, a day starts and ends at 12:00 midnight. This is called the midnight divide The time when one day ends and another begins. When a shift starts on one day and ends on the next day, the system enters a purple punch to end the first day and another purple punch to start the new day.. Sometimes, however, a different time is defined (in the pay rule's fixed rule) for when one day ends and a new day begins. This is called the day divide Time that defines when one day ends and a new day begins. The day divide is defined in a pay rule. If a shift crosses the day divide, the pay rule defines how the hours are allocated: to the day before, the day after, or to the day on which the worked hour occurred..

When a shift spans the midnight divide, the timecard indicates that a new day has started by displaying purple phantom punches The entries on a timecard that mark the beginning (in-punch) or end (out-punch) of a work interval, such as the beginning of a shift or transfer. at midnight to end one day and start another. This is also true if a non-midnight day divide is defined in the fixed rule. The totals and the Rules Analysis tool reflect the correct day divide, but the timecard displays phantom punches.