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How to enter a duration

Duration format

The duration field supports entering data in the following formats:

Time span

  • Format: {hours}:{minutes}, {hours}:{minutes}:{seconds}
  • Description: Seconds are optional, leading zero can be skipped, overflow is supported for every field
  • Examples: 2:27 = 2 hours and 27 minutes, 3:143:13 = 5 hours and 23 minutes and 13 seconds

Time interval (ISO 8601)

  • Format: {hours}h, {hours}h{minutes}m, {hours}h{minutes}m{seconds}s
  • Description: Each section is optional, overflow is supported for every field, unit identifier can be written in lower and uppercase, seconds are supported but will be removed with activated rounding
  • Examples: 2h = 2 hours, 147m = 2 hours and 27 minutes, 3h14m = 3 hours and 14 minutes

Decimal duration

  • Format: {hours}, {hours,minutes in decimal}, {hours.minutes in decimal}
  • Description: Duration in hours, for decimal separator both . and , are supported, minutes need to be given as decimal portion (eg. 30 minutes = 0.5)
  • Examples: 1,5 = 1 hour and 30 minutes, 2 = 2 hours

Duration drop-down

If activated in System > Settings, the duration field has a dropdown. The drop-down allows for simple selection of a duration, which will be entered in Time span format.