TimePuter Screen-shots
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Page Difference
To enter the period of date and time as "Difference", select the "Edit -> New Difference" command from the main menu. Enter the initial date of the period by selecting it in the left calendar the initial time below the left calendar. Enter the final date of the period by selecting it in the right calendar and the final time below the right calendar.
To set the current date and time, click the "Current" button.
To view detailed information about the selected date and time, click the "Info" button.
If you need to calculate a period within one day only (for example, if you daily calculate the time you need to do something), enable the "Calculate for one day only" option. In this case the date in the right calendar will be automatically set to the same value that is in the left calendar.
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Page Calculation
To enter the period of date and time as "Calculation", select the "Edit -> New Calculation" command from the main menu. Enter the initial date of the period by selecting it in the left calendar and the initial time below the left calendar. Enter the data that should be added into the field that is to the right. You can enter the data both as the total amount of time (for instance, 385 hours) or as separate units of time (for instance, 2 days, 18 hours and 10 minutes). You can enter only either the number of months or the number of weeks because it affects the way the number of days is calculated.
To set the current date and time, click the "Current" button.
To view detailed information about the date and time, click the "Info" button.
The result of subtracting the entered data from the initial date and time is displayed in the lower-left part of the tab. The result of adding the entered data to the initial date and time is displayed in the lower-right part of the tab.
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Page Timer
To enter a period of date and time as "Timer", select the "Edit -> New Timer" command from the main menu. Select the way the timer should be started by enabling or disabling the "Manual timer control" option.
When the "Manual timer control" option is on, the timer is started by clicking the "Start" button, stopped by clicking the "Stop" button, reset by clicking the "Reset" button. You can also use hot keys to control the timer in this mode. To do it, you should enter which hot keys should start, stop and reset the timer.
When the "Manual timer control" option is off, the timer is started only when the application you specify is launched and stopped after this application is closed. You can select several applications. To select the applications, click the "Select Applications" button.
To save the result each time the timer is started and stopped as a separate line in the list of periods, enable the "Add a new line after the timer is started" option.
To show the timer status window each time it is started, enable the "Show the timer status window" option.
In the lower-left part of the window you can see the date and time when the timer was started, the date and time when it was stopped is displayed in the lower-right part of the window.
To view detailed information about the date and time, click the "Info" button.
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Page Exclude
To exclude some periods åðå are not used (lunch time, weekends, holidays) from the overall period selected on the "Period" tab, switch to the "Exclude" tab and select the type of the value to be excluded. There can be several excluded values.
If "Time" is selected, specify the initial and final values of the time to be excluded, and click the "Add ->" button.
If "Day of the week" is selected, select the day of the week from the list and click the "Add ->" button.
If "Holiday" is selected, select the month from the list, enter a day of the month and click the "Add ->" button. You can also click the "Select ->" button and select holidays from the predefined list. To fill the predefined list of holidays, select the "Tools -> Options" command and fill it on the "Holidays" tab.
If a period is selected, select the initial month, enter the day of the month, select the final month, enter the day of the month and click the "Add ->" button.
To remove a value from the list of excluded periods, select the corresponding value in the list and then click the "<- Remove" button.
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Page Payment
To calculate payment for the period specified on the "Period" tab with the "Exclude" tab taken into account, go to the "Payment" tab and enter the payment rate in the "Payment" field. Enter the whole value (for instance, dollars) before the point and the fraction value (for instance, cents) after the point. Select the payment type - by hours, days etc.
If the payment is to be increased by a certain percent of the payment rate (for instance, for a qualification), enter it in the "% Constant" field. If a certain percent is to be withdrawn from the payment instead of being added (for instance, a tax), enable the "Withdraw" option.
If you need an accruing percent of the payment rate to be added to the payment, enter it in the "% Accruing" field and specify the accruement type - each hour, day, etc. Enable the "Withdraw" option if necessary.
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Page Results
To get the period calculation results and to enter the name of the period, switch to the "Results" tab. Enter the name of the period in the "Name" field. If necessary, enable or disable the "Use excluded periods" option.
To copy a separate period calculation value to the clipboard or to save it to a file, click the "Save" or "Copy" button in the right part of the tab and select the value from the drop-down menu.
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