Timetracking

Simple command line time tracking application I wrote to keep track of how many hours I already spent working in a week.

Install

cargo install timetracking

Commandline

USAGE:
    tt [OPTIONS] [SUBCOMMAND]

FLAGS:
    -h, --help       Prints help information
    -V, --version    Prints version information

OPTIONS:
    -c, --config-file <config-file>    which config file to use
    -d, --data-file <data-file>        which data file to use. [default: ~/timetracking.bin]

SUBCOMMANDS:
    cleanup     starts an interactive cleanup session
    continue    continue time tracking with last description
    export      export data to file
    help        Prints this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
    import      import data from json file
    list        list all entries
    path        show path to data file
    show        show work time for given timespan
    start       start time tracking
    status      show info from the latest entry. Returns the exit code 0, if the time tracking is currently active
                and -1 if not
    stop        stop time tracking

Example Usage

Start tracking: tt start

Stop tracking: tt stop

Show work time of the current day: tt show

Show work time of the current week: tt show week

List all entries for the current day: tt list

Export to json: tt export backup.json

Import from json: tt import backup.json

Config

tt supports global config (~/.config/timetracking/config.toml), project config (timetracking.project.toml) and local config (.timetracking.toml).

The following settings are supported:

# the file where to save the events
data_file = "~/timetracking.bin"

# if true, calling start when already running inserts a stop event and a start event.
auto_insert_stop = false

# if true, tt will recursively search parent dirs for project settings
enable_project_settings = true

# minimum amount of minutes of break time per day.
# if you have less than this amount of break per day,
# the calculation will automatically add the additional
# break time needed to get to this number
min_daily_break = 0

# last day of work week as chrono::Weekday.
# allowed values are: mon, tue, wed, thu, fri, sat and sun
last_day_of_work_week = "fri"

# set the daily time goal
[time_goal.daily]
# work hours to reach in a work day (0-24)
hours = 8

# work minutes to reach in a work day (0-59)
minutes = 0

# set the weekly time goal
[time_goal.weekly]
# work hours to reach in a work week (0-168)
hours = 40

# work minutes to reach in a work week (0-59)
minutes = 0

The order in which config files are read is:

• global
• project
• local

Configs override earlier loaded configs.

Project configs are special and will be search recursively upwards, starting from the current directory. So if your in /a/b/c the search order will be:

• /a/b/c/timetracking.project.toml
• /a/b/timetracking.project.toml
• /a/timetracking.project.toml
• /timetracking.project.toml

Project configs can be disabled in the global config file.

Starship

You can use the following snippet to show how much you worked today, while the time tracking is running.

Just add it to your starship config (e.g.: ~/.config/starship.toml)

[custom.worktime]
command = """ tt show --format "{h}h {mm}m" """
when = "tt status"
shell = "sh"

This is how it looks like:

Data Format

The data format is a bincode encoded vector of TrackingEvent, which can either be a start or stop event, containing the DateTime when the event happened and an optional description. If you want to use this data in a 3rd party application, you can export the data to json with tt export data.json.