From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Clock logging -- possible to include seconds? Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:14:21 +0100 Message-ID: <8731D0F3-5A4E-4A86-80C9-C8CA9CBF9F91@gmail.com> References: <87fx73qhxq.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> <87bphryr7u.wl%bill@billpowellisalive.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NOUbP-00062C-EB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:14:31 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NOUbL-00061k-Nd for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:14:31 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52160 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NOUbL-00061h-L1 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:14:27 -0500 Received: from mail-fx0-f228.google.com ([209.85.220.228]:42898) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NOUbL-0000eG-Hp for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:14:27 -0500 Received: by fxm28 with SMTP id 28so590966fxm.26 for ; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:14:26 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87bphryr7u.wl%bill@billpowellisalive.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Bill Powell Cc: Bernt Hansen , Carsten Dominik , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Dec 22, 2009, at 4:16 PM, Bill Powell wrote: > > Hi folks, > > Thanks again to y'all for org-mode. Here's a quick question: how hard > would it be to include seconds in the clock logging? It may sound like > a silly request, but I often have to work on two or three billable > different projects in a day, sometimes switching back and forth > between them. When you add up all those intervals for an invoice > covering a month or more, counting those half and quarter > minutes might add up to an additional hour or so of billable time. > > It's possible I'm just misunderstanding the org-mode algorithm, and > that its rounding turns out to be almost as accurate over the long > haul. Plus, many people expect to be billed by the half hour anyhow. > But I time various projects for myself, too, so this is really an > interest for my own work. What do you all think? > > Bill Powell Hi Bill, I would think that this will average away. When clocking in, Org only notices the full minutes. If you are clocking in at 14:22:59 and out again 1 second later at 14:23:00 you will cheat 59 seconds into the clocking interval and bill a whole minute. So this kind of *cheating* goes both ways and will average out. And yes, it really would seem strange to clock by the second :-) - Carsten