Effort entry and confusing effort estimates

[Ken Mankoff <mankoff@gmail.com>]

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Hi,

I'm looking into effort and time tracking and have a few questions about
efforts,

1) What is the difference between C-c C-x C-e and C-c C-x e?

When I set an effort while clocked in, C-c C-x C-e asks for an effort and
formats it in a format I understand such as 00:30 or 1d. When not clocked
in, I have to use C-c C-x e (no CTRL for the last one) and it doesn't seem
to parse my entry for a timestamp or convert from 8h to 1d. For example, I
can enter an effort of "aoeu" and it accepts that.

2) When clocked in and using C-c C-x C-e, the conversion seems buggy:

I enter -> converted to
1d -> 08:00
2d -> 16:00
3d -> 1d 00:00
4d -> 1d 08:00
7d -> 2d 08:00
1w -> 1d 16:00

I get that 1 day is 8 hours, and 2d 8h == 1d 16h, but I'm still confused
why 2d is 16h and 3d is 1d.

Thanks,

   -k.

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