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Time clock rounding in Calamari

In this article, you’ll learn how Calamari can help ensure accurate work time records using different rounding mechanisms.

Agata Skowrońska avatar
Written by Agata Skowrońska
Updated over a month ago

The time rounding feature in Calamari enables you to adjust how employee clock-ins and clock-outs are recorded to align with your company’s internal policies and applicable labor laws. This helps avoid errors in time records and payroll, while also automatically correcting minor deviations from the schedule.

We currently offer two rounding methods described below:

1. Rounding to the Work Schedule

This option is ideal for companies operating on fixed schedules (e.g., 8:00–4:00).
The system rounds clock-ins and clock-outs based on:

  • Buffers – e.g., 15 minutes before/after the scheduled time

  • Tolerances – e.g., 5 minutes late or leaving early

Example settings:
‍Work schedule: 9:00AM –5:00PM
‍Entry buffer: 15 min
Lateness tolerance: 5 min

How does the rounding work?
‍Clock-in at 8:58 → rounded to 9:00 (within buffer)
Clock-in at 9:03 → rounded to 9:00 (within tolerance)
Clock-in at 9:20 → 9:20 (outside tolerance, system records lateness)

2. Rounding to Time Intervals

This solution is suitable for organizations without fixed schedules or those using time block-based settlements.

You can define:

  • your chosen time interval

  • and the rounding direction (up or down)

Example settings:
‍Interval: 15 min
‍Clock-in rounding: up
Clock-out rounding: down

How does the rounding work?
‍Clock-in at 8:52 → rounded to 9:00
‍Clock-in at 9:02 → rounded to 9:15
‍Clock-out at 5:12 → rounded to 5:00
‍Clock-out at 4:59 → rounded to 4:45

3. Combined rounding policies

It is possible to use both methods simultaneously. In such cases, the system first applies rounding to the work schedule, and then — if still needed — rounds to the defined time interval.

How to activate?

The rounding feature is available in the Time & Attendance module in Beta.
Contact us to enable and configure it on your account. Send a message to [email protected] – we’ll be happy to help!

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