If you have entered time and wish to enable to record start/stop times, select your time entry in the timesheet which are are editing, and click on the "Enter Start/Stop Times" link in the cell details tab below the timesheet week overview.

Note: most consultants will prefer to record time entries using the Chrome Desktop Task Timer or mobile phone task timer app instead of recording start/stop times in the timesheet.

After clicking "Enter Start/Stop Times" you can enter or modify the:

1. Start time
2. Stop time. In either case you can choose a time from the list of options or key the start or stop time in directly using your keyboard
3. Optionally the time you were on break
4. The total time is not editable in this view; it is calculated as end time minus start time minus break duration

You can also enter remarks, location or change the billable indicator for this time entry.

Your system administrator can default the entry of start/stop times from the timesheet settings.

Start and stop times are mainly used to calculate time worked. They are sometimes also used in time evaluation if you have specific work-schedule start and stop times in your work-shift.

The elapsed time is calculated assuming that start and stop times occurred on the same date. If you worked over mid-night you can enter a start time which is later than the end time. In this situation iBE.net recognizes this and asks you if you are indeed working past midnight. If you confirm that you are then the end time is taken as the next day, and the total time worked is calculated on the assumption that you worked past midnight.

Price and cost rates that are date effective are normally processed for the date when you started a work-shift which goes past mid-night.