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Time Guardian v4.0 User’s Guide 4-11
In either scenario, the Day Change Time must be configured. The exception to this rule is when
a punch occurs after the day change time, but falls within the Maximum shift length. The
Maximum shift length (window) is the period of time that punches will be calculated for a
schedule that crosses day change time: 12 –13 hours is a recommended number for this field.
This allows all lunch or break punches to be applied to the correct schedule.
In the examples below, 2:00 AM will be used for the Day Change Time. Once defined, you must
determine if this time is to start Before or After midnight. When Before midnight is selected, all
hours from 00:00 – 2:00 AM will be recognized by Time Guardian as part of the Previous day.
Anything after 2:00 AM will be applied to the Current or New Day.
When After midnight is selected, all hours from 00:00 – 2:00 AM will be seen by Time Guardian
as part of the Current day and anything beyond 2:00 AM will be applied to the Next day.
Examples of “Before” and “After” midnight settings:
2:00 AM Before Midnight means that all punches up to 2:00 AM will be applied to the
Previous day and any punch after 2:00 AM will be applied to the Current day.
2:00 AM After Midnight means that all punches up to 2:00 AM will be applied to the
Current day and any punch after 2:00 AM will be applied to the Next day.
10:00 PM Before Midnight means that all punches up to 10:00 PM will be applied to the
Previous day and any punch after 10:00 PM will be applied to the Current day.
10:00 PM After Midnight means that all punches up to 10:00 PM will be applied to the
Current day and any punch after 10:00 PM will be applied to the Next day.
• The following timeline illustrates an employee punching in at 8:00 PM and punching out at
4:00 AM.
• The day change time is set to 2:00 AM.
• The Day Change is configured to Before Midnight, with a maximum shift length of 12 hours
and 59 minutes.
Even though two of the punches (2:30 AM and 4:00 AM) occur after day change time, they are
within the maximum shift length and are calculated on the same day (the day the IN punch
occurs).