Time Formating in Amicus Attorney

I am going to go over the Time Entry Settings in Amicus Attorney.  This will apply to version V and 7. 

In V and VII you have the option of tracking time in Tenths of an hour or Minutes.  I am going to talk about Tenths of an hour.  The Minimum Time Entry is the smallest amount you can bill a client.  In my example I have 0.2.  That means that my minimum time is 12 minutes.  If I talk to a client for 4 minutes on the phone and decide to bill him, it will go in as 0.20 or 12 minutes.  This chart might help you.

.10 6 Minutes

.20 12 Minutes

.30 18 Minutes

.40 24 Minutes

.50 30 Minutes

.60 36 Minutes

.70 42 Minutes

.80 48 Minutes

.90 54 Minutes

1.0   60 Minutes

Rounding is not used that much but here are the three settings I often see.

0.10

Any time entry will be rounded up by 0.10.  If my time entry is 0.21 it will be entered as 0.30.

0.21 to 0.29 = 0.30

0.05

Any time entry will be rounded up by 0.05.  If my time entry is 0.21 it will be entered as 0.25.

0.21 to 0.25 = 0.25
0.26 to 0.29 = 0.30

0.01

No time entries will be rounded.  If my time entry is 0.21 it will be entered as 0.21.