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Time Tracking Settings

Last modified: 09 October 2024

The system-wide time tracking settings help YouTrack count and transform the values in fields that store data as a period type. This usually includes fields that store estimations and spent time.

It also affects the calculation for spent time in work items. When users log their progress on an issue in work items, these settings transform the number of working hours into days and weeks of spent time.

For example, a user logs four hours of work on Monday and another four hours on Tuesday. If the Working time per workday is set to 8, the total time spent is shown as 1 day (1d). If this setting had been configured for 10-hour workdays, the total time spent would be 8 hours (8h).

The default settings are configured for a standard 8-hour working day and 5 day work week, from Monday through Friday. If your work week deviates from this schedule, you can modify the basic configuration. These settings are system-wide and affect every project in the system.