Possibility to "Turn back start time by X minutes" / "Stop timer X minutes ago"

Sixel

Hi,

On a regular basis, I find myself starting a timer after I actually started a piece of work, or forgetting to stop a timer when I actually end one. To fix that, I have to open WorkingHours, go to the current timer, and set the desired start/end time.
A better way to do so would be to have, in the WorkingHours menu, maybe below the Pause Work / Stop Work items, the possibility to :

Turn back start time by 5 / 10 / 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 minutes
Stop timer 5 / 10 / 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 minutes ago

For full disclosure, this is a feature I used extensively in Tyme, before I moved to WorkingHours 🙂

WorkingHours version: 2.16.22
Operating system: macOS 26.3.1
Device model: Mackbook Pro

timo

Thanks for the detailed request!

This has been requested before in a very similar thread: Provide button to adjust start time of timer

One question: how would you imagine this being implemented in the UI?

I’m putting a lot of focus on keeping the UI lean and avoiding too many extra buttons or menu items. So I’d be interested in what would feel useful to you without making the WorkingHours menu too crowded.

Bob Z

I, too, would REALLY like this feature. It's one of two remaining features keeping me on Tyme instead of making the switch to WorkingHours.

I really like the way this is handled in Tyme. When you start tracking time on a task, two new sub-menus are dynamically added for that task in the menubar: "Turn Back Start Time" and "Stop Timer". I use these ALL the time to ensure I'm accurately tracking start/stop time. It's only a couple clicks to alter the records to reflect reality when you forget to start a timer or forget to stop it.

timo

But what do you click if you want to stop the timer now? It looks like it opens a submenu in your screenshot

Bob Z

For Tyme, you click the existing task to do a regular start/stop. So in this case, I'd click the Work task that's currently recording (red circle next to it). Those new submenus are used only when you want to alter the time you started/stopped the timer. Doing so would also remove those two submenus since the timer is no longer running.