Clock to check activity

I am working in a office where I need to keep track of few things to count time. I can't go and stand there all the time. So, I need a program where I can keep track of different things. I have found some codes but I really don't know what & how to utilize it.

this run the clock with micro seconds:
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Code:

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Private TimerCell As Range
Private TimerEnabled As Boolean
Private TimerValue As Double

Sub SetTimerCell()
    Set TimerCell = Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("M2")
    TimerCell.NumberFormat = "@"
End Sub

Sub StartTimer()
 
  If TimerEnabled Then Exit Sub
  If TimerCell Is Nothing Then SetTimerCell
  TimerEnabled = True
  ShowTime

End Sub

Sub StopTimer()
  TimerEnabled = False
End Sub

Sub ResetTimer()
  TimerEnabled = False
  If TimerCell Is Nothing Then SetTimerCell
  TimerValue = 600
  TimerCell = "10:00.0"
End Sub

Sub ShowTime()
 
  Dim Delay As Single
  Dim Mins As Integer
  Dim Secs As Variant
  Dim StartTime As Single
 
    Delay = 0.1
    StartTime = Timer
 
      Do While TimerEnabled
     
     
        While Timer < StartTime + Delay: Wend
       
        TimerValue = TimerValue - 0.1
          Mins = Int(TimerValue) \ 60
          Secs = TimerValue - (Mins * 60)
        TimerCell.Value = Format(Mins, "00") & ":" & Format(Secs, "00.0")
       
        StartTime = Timer
             
        DoEvents
       
        Loop
     
End Sub

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this clock will run in A1 with running time and in A2 is will show Date and time (running time) depends on cell format

Code:

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Dim RunClk As Boolean
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Sub RunPauseClk()
RunClk = Not (RunClk)
Do While RunClk = True
DoEvents
Range("A1") = TimeValue(Now)
Range("A2") = Now()
Loop

End Sub

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macro for running realtime clock:

Code:

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Dim SchedRecalc As Date
Sub Recalc()
Range("C4").Value = Format(Time, "hh:mm:ss AM/PM")

Call SetTime
End Sub

Sub SetTime()
SchedRecalc = Now + TimeValue("00:00:01")
Application.OnTime SchedRecalc, "Recalc"
End Sub

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To add date, just add:

Code:

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Range("C3").Value = Format(Now, "dd-mmm-yy")

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after sub Recalc() in above macro

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disable the running realtime clock (stopping the clock):

Code:

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Sub Disable()
On Error Resume Next
Application.OnTime EarliestTime:=SchedRecalc, Procedure:="Recalc", Schedule:=False
End Sub

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I want to get the total active time and keep it permanent even sheet is open after weeks.
My requirements are as followed:
At 5:30pm I have entered some time values on A (4:15pm) and date on B (31-07-2011) then I need a clock to start ticking on E starting 00/00:00:00hrs (dd/hh:mm:ss) but it was already 01:15:00 hour delayed so clock should start with 01:15hrs saying that activity was already started 01:15hrs before and keep running the clock on E till I enter the finish time on C (08:15) and date (31-07-2011)on D then I should have total time of the activity automatically (00/02:45:00) on E

Many thanks,

the first code runs all the time and will, i imagine, make excel unresponsive

the realtime clock code, should work, without problem, to display the time in a cell if that is what you want and can be abbreviated to a single procedure

vb Code:

Sub SetTime()
Range("C4").Value = Format(Time, "hh:mm:ss AM/PM")
SchedRecalc = Now + TimeValue("00:00:01")
Application.OnTime SchedRecalc, "SetTime"
End Sub

to start the clock going put an entry in the workbook open event to call settime, once called it will continue to run, if you do not need one second updates you could increase the delay in timevalue

all the above codes just display the values of the computer clock in different formats, with different update frequency
you could also put a clock on your desk to do the same thing
if you want to use the time for other purposes you can read the value of the cell containing the time
you could also have a cells containing start times (or finishing times), and calculate running time (or countdown remaining time), but i am not sure what you want to achieve