From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernt Hansen Subject: Re: Tracking flexitime Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:59:02 -0400 Message-ID: <87ppxgg7y1.fsf@norang.ca> References: <1555195.6OAquhuXJW@x121e> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:40286) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UVsXj-0000n3-5W for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:59:09 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UVsXh-00073x-Qr for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:59:07 -0400 Received: from mho-03-ewr.mailhop.org ([204.13.248.66]:56298 helo=mho-01-ewr.mailhop.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UVsXh-00073n-OP for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:59:05 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1555195.6OAquhuXJW@x121e> (Thomas Koch's message of "Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:35:58 +0200") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: thomas@koch.ro Cc: emacs-orgmode Thomas Koch writes: > I'm searching for best practices to track flexi time with orgmode. I've a work > contract of 8 hours per day in average. So I'd like to start a clock when I > arrive at work, pause it for lunch and stop it when I leave. > > I wouldn't like to rely only on the sum of the time spent on tasks since there > is always work time that can hardly be assigned to a specific task. Hi Thomas, I clock my 7.5 hour work day every day. When I arrive at work I punch in with f9-I which starts the clock on my default * Organization task then I pick something from the agenda, clock it in and work. In my setup clocking out moves the clock up one level in the tree or back to the * Organization task. This keeps time on projects and works great for me. I clock out at lunch (f9-O), clock back in after lunch (f9-I) and clock out at the end of the day when my daily clock report on the agenda hits 7.5 hours. I don't get paid for unauthorised overtime and I don't work for free :) I clock every minute of every day that I work minus lunch. If personal tasks interrupt work I clock those in with a new capture task and remove these from my daily work report (C-u R in the agenda will show a clock report using the current tag filter on the agenda). All the gory details for my setup are here: http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html Regards, Bernt