On 03/01/2016 07:30 PM, James E. LaBarre wrote: > I'm looking for a very simple Linux application for keeping track of > hours worked. I don't want something that requires me to set up a web > server, or something that requires me to hit a timer every time I want > to scratch my nose. Just something where I could say "started 9AM, > ended 5:30PM (I'd accept having to do multiples for a day if I'm > tracking lunch, etc.) > > I have tried doing it in a spreadsheet with start and stop times, and > even figured out how to get it to give the elapsed time as hours/minutes > (rather than displaying it as a time of day), but you can't calculate a > sum of the week's hours. It seems spreadsheets stink when it comes to > "elapsed time" calculations, so I don't see that working long-term.
I wrote a little thing just triggering off of dbus screen lock events - https://dague.net/2015/03/23/keeping-track-of-work-life-balance/ The source is up on github, though sparsely documented as it's been a personal thing thus far. It creates some simple text files that look like: 2016-02-22T06:05:20-0500 UNLOCKED 2016-02-22T12:47:24-0500 LOCKED 2016-02-22T13:28:45-0500 UNLOCKED 2016-02-22T14:00:43-0500 LOCKED 2016-02-22T14:02:57-0500 UNLOCKED 2016-02-22T16:42:54-0500 LOCKED And then adds them up. -Sean -- Sean Dague http://dague.net _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org https://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College * Mar 2 - Consuming The Cloud: Shoot Out Apr 6 - Open Street Map
