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hledger_timedot(5) hledger User Manuals hledger_timedot(5)
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NAME
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Timedot - hledger's human-friendly time logging format
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DESCRIPTION
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Timedot is a plain text format for logging dated, categorised quanti-
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ties (of time, usually), supported by hledger. It is convenient for
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approximate and retroactive time logging, eg when the real-time clock-
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in/out required with a timeclock file is too precise or too interrup-
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tive. It can be formatted like a bar chart, making clear at a glance
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where time was spent.
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Though called "timedot", this format is read by hledger as commodity-
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less quantities, so it could be used to represent dated quantities
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other than time. In the docs below we'll assume it's time.
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A timedot file contains a series of day entries. A day entry begins
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with a non-indented hledger-style simple date (Y-M-D, Y/M/D, Y.M.D..)
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Any additional text on the same line is used as a transaction descrip-
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tion for this day.
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This is followed by optionally-indented timelog items for that day, one
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per line. Each timelog item is a note, usually a hledger:style:ac-
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count:name representing a time category, followed by two or more spa-
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ces, and a quantity. Each timelog item generates a hledger transac-
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tion.
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Quantities can be written as:
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o dots: a sequence of dots (.) representing quarter hours. Spaces may
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optionally be used for grouping. Eg: .... ..
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o an integral or decimal number, representing hours. Eg: 1.5
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o an integral or decimal number immediately followed by a unit symbol
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s, m, h, d, w, mo, or y, representing seconds, minutes, hours, days
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weeks, months or years respectively. Eg: 90m. The following equiva-
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lencies are assumed, currently: 1m = 60s, 1h = 60m, 1d = 24h, 1w =
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7d, 1mo = 30d, 1y=365d.
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There is some flexibility allowing notes and todo lists to be kept
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right in the time log, if needed:
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o Blank lines and lines beginning with # or ; are ignored.
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o Lines not ending with a double-space and quantity are parsed as items
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taking no time, which will not appear in balance reports by default.
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(Add -E to see them.)
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o Org mode headlines (lines beginning with one or more * followed by a
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space) can be used as date lines or timelog items (the stars are ig-
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nored). Also all org headlines before the first date line are ig-
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nored. This means org users can manage their timelog as an org out-
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line (eg using org-mode/orgstruct-mode in Emacs), for organisation,
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faster navigation, controlling visibility etc.
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Examples:
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# on this day, 6h was spent on client work, 1.5h on haskell FOSS work, etc.
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2016/2/1
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inc:client1 .... .... .... .... .... ....
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fos:haskell .... ..
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biz:research .
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2016/2/2
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inc:client1 .... ....
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biz:research .
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2016/2/3
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inc:client1 4
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fos:hledger 3
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biz:research 1
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* Time log
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** 2020-01-01
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*** adm:time .
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*** adm:finance .
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* 2020 Work Diary
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** Q1
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*** 2020-02-29
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**** DONE
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0700 yoga
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**** UNPLANNED
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**** BEGUN
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hom:chores
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cleaning ...
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water plants
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outdoor - one full watering can
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indoor - light watering
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**** TODO
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adm:planning: trip
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*** LATER
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Reporting:
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$ hledger -f t.timedot print date:2016/2/2
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2016-02-02 *
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(inc:client1) 2.00
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2016-02-02 *
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(biz:research) 0.25
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$ hledger -f t.timedot bal --daily --tree
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Balance changes in 2016-02-01-2016-02-03:
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|| 2016-02-01d 2016-02-02d 2016-02-03d
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============++========================================
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biz || 0.25 0.25 1.00
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research || 0.25 0.25 1.00
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fos || 1.50 0 3.00
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haskell || 1.50 0 0
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hledger || 0 0 3.00
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inc || 6.00 2.00 4.00
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client1 || 6.00 2.00 4.00
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------------++----------------------------------------
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|| 7.75 2.25 8.00
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I prefer to use period for separating account components. We can make
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this work with an account alias:
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2016/2/4
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fos.hledger.timedot 4
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fos.ledger ..
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$ hledger -f t.timedot --alias /\\./=: bal date:2016/2/4
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4.50 fos
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4.00 hledger:timedot
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0.50 ledger
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4.50
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Here is a sample.timedot.
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REPORTING BUGS
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Report bugs at http://bugs.hledger.org (or on the #hledger IRC channel
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or hledger mail list)
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AUTHORS
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Simon Michael <simon@joyful.com> and contributors
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COPYRIGHT
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Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Simon Michael.
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Released under GNU GPL v3 or later.
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SEE ALSO
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hledger(1), hledger-ui(1), hledger-web(1), hledger-api(1),
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hledger_csv(5), hledger_journal(5), hledger_timeclock(5), hledger_time-
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dot(5), ledger(1)
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http://hledger.org
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hledger 1.19.99 November 2020 hledger_timedot(5)
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