Time entries
A time entry is the unit of tracked work — logged via timer or by hand, priced at the project's rate, and locked once it's on an invoice.
A time entry is the unit of tracked work in Hoursmith — and the raw material every invoice is built from. It's the fourth link in the Clients → Projects → Tasks → Time → Invoices → Payment chain.
How time is logged
Every entry records work against a project — and optionally a task. You can create one two ways:
- With the live timer, started and stopped as you work.
- By entering it manually after the fact.
One timer at a time. You can only have a single timer running at once across the workspace. Starting a new timer is built around that rule. See The one-timer rule.
Billable, and priced by the project
Each entry is either billable or non-billable, and it's priced at its project's rate — the bottom of the rate cascade (client default → project rate → priced entry). Non-billable time is tracked for the record but never appears on an invoice. See Billable vs non-billable.
Invoiced time is locked
This is the rule that keeps your numbers honest: only billable, un-invoiced entries can be pulled onto an invoice. The moment an entry lands on one, it's locked — it can't be edited or re-billed, so a past invoice and your time log can never drift apart. See Invoiced and locked time.
Doing it
The live timer
Track time as you work, in one click.
Manual time entry
Type in time after the fact.
Billable vs non-billable
Which time can become an invoice.
Invoiced and locked time
Why billed entries can't change.