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A simple time tracker implemented in AutoHotkey, modified from http://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/37998-tiny-computer-usage-tracker/
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; ticker - A Simple Time Tracker | |
; track your time usage on a daily basis | |
#InstallKeybdHook | |
#InstallMouseHook | |
Menu, Tray, Icon, %A_WinDir%\system32\shell32.dll, 44 | |
Menu, Tray, Tip, ticker - A Simple Time Tracker`nPress right control to see details | |
SetWorkingDir, C:\Users\%A_UserName%\Documents | |
SetTimer, CheckTime, 60000 ; updates every 1 minute | |
CheckTime: | |
FormatTime, thedate, , dd-MM-yyyy | |
IniRead, ResearchTime, track.txt, %thedate%, research, 0 | |
IniRead, ProgrammingTime, track.txt, %thedate%, programming, 0 | |
IniRead, SurfingTime, track.txt, %thedate%, surfing, 0 | |
IniRead, WastedTime, track.txt, %thedate%, waste, 0 | |
IniRead, IdleTime, track.txt, %thedate%, idle, 0 | |
If (A_TimeIdlePhysical < 600000) ; 10 minutes | |
{ | |
If (WinActive("ahk_class classFoxitReader") or WinActive("ahk_class AcrobatSDIWindow")) | |
ResearchTime++ | |
Else If (WinActive("ahk_class Vim") or WinActive("ahk_class Notepad2U")) | |
ProgrammingTime++ | |
Else If (WinActive("ahk_class MozillaWindowClass") or WinActive("ahk_class Chrome_WidgetWin_1")) | |
SurfingTime++ | |
Else | |
WastedTime++ | |
} | |
Else | |
IdleTime++ | |
TotalTime := ResearchTime + ProgrammingTime + SurfingTime + WastedTime + IdleTime | |
IniWrite, %ResearchTime%, track.txt, %thedate%, research | |
IniWrite, %ProgrammingTime%, track.txt, %thedate%, programming | |
IniWrite, %SurfingTime%, track.txt, %thedate%, surfing | |
IniWrite, %WastedTime% , track.txt, %thedate%, waste | |
IniWrite, %IdleTime% , track.txt, %thedate%, idle | |
IniWrite, %TotalTime% , track.txt, %thedate%, total | |
Return | |
FormatMinutes(NumberOfMinutes) ; Convert mins to hh:mm | |
{ | |
Time := 19990101 ; *Midnight* of an arbitrary date | |
Time += %NumberOfMinutes%, minutes | |
FormatTime, HHmm, %Time%, HH '小时' mm '分钟' | |
Return HHmm | |
} | |
rctrl:: | |
Gui, Font, s10, Microsoft YaHei | |
Gui, Add, Text, w150 Left, % "科研:`t" FormatMinutes(ResearchTime) | |
. "`n编程:`t" FormatMinutes(ProgrammingTime) | |
. "`n上网:`t" FormatMinutes(SurfingTime) | |
. "`n浪费:`t" FormatMinutes(WastedTime) | |
. "`n空闲:`t" FormatMinutes(IdleTime) | |
. "`n总计:`t" FormatMinutes(TotalTime) | |
Gui, -SysMenu | |
FormatTime, thedate, , yyyy/MM/dd | |
Gui, Show, , Track Log - %thedate% | |
Keywait, Esc, D T5 | |
Gui, Destroy | |
Return |
This script is a modified AutoHotKey v2 port of RustingSword's v1 script. The changes made are:
- Everything is rewritten to run using AutoHotKey v2 without issues.
- The GUI display on pressing the right ctrl key is in English.
- The Total Time no longer includes Idle Time. It is supposed to represent the screen time you have spent actively using your device.
- Changes to the GUI design: Total Time is displayed bigger and in bold.
- "timelog.txt", saved in the user's Documents folder, now has new keys to keep a record and quickly read the time spent in 'hh-mm' format for all previous dates.
- The old v1 script updated the timer every minute. The script, by design, added 1 minute to a category if a corresponding app was active during the timer update. The major flaw is that if you spent 59 seconds using an app and then switched to another app, then after one more second, the timer will consider you spent 1 minute using the 2nd app and none using the 1st app.
- A simple solution is to update the timer more often. Ideally, we would want a timer update every second. To prevent excessive and frequent function calls, this new v2 script updates the timer every 20 seconds. The error in tracking is reduced but, of course, not zero.
- Usage category names have been changed to better suit personal needs.
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I modify this script to emphasize the most important thing: the actual productivity time. The differences are:
Apparently today I have spent 4 hours to write this script but only 45 minutes to read textbook. I hope once it's done this chronic situation can be reversed.