The time fields in the Time & Attendance module display times in the format selected by your company's system administrator, using either the civilian (AM/PM) or the military (24 hour) clock. You can use either format to enter times on the Time & Attendance module forms. If you enter a time into a field using a format other than the one preferred by your company, the Time & Attendance module will automatically convert the time when you tab out of the field or click elsewhere on the page.

The Time & Attendance module can recognize several different formats for representing the same time. The following table illustrates some common formats and how each is interpreted by the Time & Attendance module. If you enter a time that cannot be interpreted by the Time & Attendance module, an error message indicating the preferred format for entering time will be displayed.

Tips:
The minute portion of your time entry must be either zero (for the top of the hour) or two digits. The entry "8" will be interpreted as "08:00" and the entry "9:05" is valid, but "9:5" is not.

You must use only the Arabic numerals 0 – 9 to enter indicate hours and minutes. Do not used spelled-out times, such as "ten a.m." Letters can only be used to indicate "AM" or "PM."

You can use either the civilian or military time format to enter your times, regardless of your company's default setting for displaying time. Your time values will be converted appropriately.

If "AM", "A", "PM" or "P" is not indicated for times with an hour value between 01 and 11, the time will be interpreted as a morning time. For example, the entry 9:45 will be rendered as 09:45 AM for companies using civilian time and 09:45 for companies using military time.

You can use a colon (:) to separate the hours and minutes in your time entry, but it is not required. No other special characters are recognized in time fields.

Times are always displayed as hours and minutes. Seconds are not displayed.