Paper Time is a simple MarkDown inspired syntax to track time using text files and a tool to convert those files into beautiful reports. It uses Notepad.exe as its editor because of the .LOG feature and F5 hot-key (insert a time stamp).
It's a simple and flexible solution – the file format is human readable and you could basically use any kind of editor (or even a sheet of paper) to track time.
The parser is looking for lines that starts with a time stamp. The time stamp must be followed by a tab charectar and a category that can be split up using slashes (e.g. 1:33 PM 8/12/2015 Company/Project). The next line that starts with a time stamp is the end time of that entry and can be the start time of the next entry (if a category was provided). Time that should not be tracked must be marked by a line that contains at least three dashes (e.g. ---).
1:33 PM 8/12/2015 CompanyA/ProjectA
- some comments
2:45 PM 8/12/2015 CompanyA/ProjectB
3:51 PM 8/12/2015
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8:03 AM 8/13/2015 CompanyB/ProjectC
- more comments
10:44 AM 8/13/2015
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Open your text file with the PaperTime.exe to generate a report. The file will also be launched using Notepad.exe for you to make further changes.