# Set Timer

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/set-timer/74616>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [July 4, 2024, 7:49am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/set-timer/74616 "2024-07-04T07:49:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Okoh\_Peter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/okoh_peter/32/71171_2.png) [@Okoh\_Peter](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Okoh_Peter)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 7:49am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/set-timer/74616/1 "2024-07-04T07:49:20Z")

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Is there a way I can set a timer on a task I assigned to my employee? I want to be able to track the amount of time a job was assigned to them to the time it takes them to start working on it.

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**Author:** ![Hassan\_Nadeem](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/hassan_nadeem/32/72956_2.png) [@Hassan\_Nadeem](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Hassan_Nadeem)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 9:56am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/set-timer/74616/2 "2024-07-04T09:56:50Z")

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You can have a “Task Assigned Date and Time” column and “Task Started Date and Time” column. Calculate the difference between both dates to get the time it took to start the task.

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/set-timer/74616/3 "2024-07-04T23:28:49Z")

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When you create the task, set the current date & time to the “Task Assigned Date and Time” column.

When your employee clicks the “Start task” button, you set the current date & time to the “Task Started Date and Time” column.