How can I make automated time logger using comments

[Darcy M]

i.e someone comments In, their time stamp will be recorded and when they typed out in the same ticket, a work logged will be automated 

I'm trying to create an automated time logger that is separate from the time logs in the ticket/tasks without using any add-ons

[John Funk]

Hi Darcy - Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

That is an interesting use case. Have you tried creating the rule? You should do that and then share the rule here if it is not working for you.

I would suggest you use something more unique though otherwise anytime the word “in” appears in a comment it would fire.

Maybe it is better to create a custom dropdown field with Start and Stop values.

you would also need a custom field to get populated with a timestamp when the field changes to start.

When the field changes to Stop, You do a diff between now and the custom field, where you stored the start time stamp to get the difference in a numerical value.

Then you could add an action to try to log time and use that value of the diff.