Start and stop a timer

The timer is attached to a task, not to a blank stopwatch — so the time you record always has something to belong to.

Running one

Start a timer from the task itself, or straight from a row in your task list. Stop it the same way.

One timer at a time. Hitaji runs a single timer across everything you are doing, so starting one on a second task is blocked while another is running. This is deliberate — two timers running at once produces numbers that are worse than no numbers.

The parts people do not expect

• Completing a task stops its timer automatically. You do not have to remember both.
• Changing a task's stage will ask about the timer — whether to stop it, start it, or restart it for the new stage. Answer honestly; it is the difference between a timesheet you trust and one you argue with.
• Timers can run for a whole team. Where the option is offered you can start for yourself only or for everyone on the task, and stop the same way.
• You can count down instead of up, which suits a fixed block of focused work better than an open-ended timer.

If a task's due date has passed, its time entries may be locked and no longer editable — so square up your timesheet before the deadline goes by, not after.