Amano Time Guardian Series Installation And User Manual page 41

Day Change Settings should only be changed if employees are scheduled to start work
after 02:00 AM and you want those hours applied to the current day.
Midnight (00:00) marks the start of a new day. However, there are times when an employee
is scheduled to start on one day and end on another (i.e., start work at 10:00 PM Sunday
and leave work at 6:00 AM Monday).
Day Change Settings allow the Time & Attendance software to account for a midnight day-
change time and calculate the number of hours correctly, placing the punches on the
current day.
For example, using the following settings, there are two scenarios where the hours can
either be applied to Sunday or Monday.
Scenario #1
If you want the hours applied to Sunday, then Sunday becomes the Current day and the
hours from Monday are shifted backwards to Sunday.
Scenario #2
If you want the hours applied to Monday, then Sunday becomes the Previous day and the
hours from Sunday are shifted forwards to Monday.
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 the Time & Attendance
software 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 the Time &
Attendance software 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.
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The following timeline example illustrates an employee punching in at 8:00 PM and
punching out at 4:00 AM.
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The day change time is set to 2:00 AM.
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The Day Change is configured to Before Midnight, with a maximum shift length of 12
hours and 59 minutes.
– Setup Wizard
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