# Calculated Time Not Showing on Phone but Shows Up in App Preview **URL:** \ **Category:** Users\ **Created:** [July 30, 2017, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/calculated-time-not-showing-on-phone-but-shows-up-in-app-preview/3651 "2017-07-30T11:56:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![YAW\_ANTWI-ADJEI](https://dimagi.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/c0e974/32.png) [@YAW\_ANTWI-ADJEI](https://forum.dimagi.com/u/YAW_ANTWI-ADJEI)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/calculated-time-not-showing-on-phone-but-shows-up-in-app-preview/3651/1 "2017-07-30T11:56:53Z")
​Hello, I have an app which displays the time spent in filling a form as soon as you enter the very last data on the same form. When I enter data using App Preview, it works fine as per the attached image but when I fill the form on Android Mobile phone it is not able to compute the time difference. Please, any idea why this is so? Yaw [Calculated Time Not Showing on Phone.pdf](https://dimagi.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/1X/11d0fe6e1554c4b8c0b613fab2dd8b82d002dd12.pdf) (261 KB) ---
**Author:** ![William\_Pride](https://dimagi.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/b19c9b/32.png) [@William\_Pride](https://forum.dimagi.com/u/William_Pride)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/calculated-time-not-showing-on-phone-but-shows-up-in-app-preview/3651/2 "2017-07-31T12:50:27Z")
Yaw, Is it possible that that form was simply completed in under one minute? Cheers, Will > **···** > > On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 7:56 AM, YAW ANTWI-ADJEI wrote: > > > ​Hello, > > I have an app which displays the time spent in filling a form as soon as > > you enter the very last data on the same form. > > > > When I enter data using App Preview, it works fine as per the attached > > image but when I fill the form on Android Mobile phone it is not able to > > compute the time difference. > > > > Please, any idea why this is so? > > > > Yaw > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "commcare-users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![YAW\_ANTWI-ADJEI](https://dimagi.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/c0e974/32.png) [@YAW\_ANTWI-ADJEI](https://forum.dimagi.com/u/YAW_ANTWI-ADJEI)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/calculated-time-not-showing-on-phone-but-shows-up-in-app-preview/3651/3 "2017-07-31T12:56:54Z")
Hi Will, No. I intentionally delayed the filling of the form such that it will give me something more than 3 minutes. In fact, I did it more than once and in all cases this was the result. ​ > **···** > > On 31 July 2017 at 12:50, William Pride wrote: > > > Yaw, > > > > Is it possible that that form was simply completed in under one minute? > > > > Cheers, > > Will > > > > On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 7:56 AM, YAW ANTWI-ADJEI [yawantwiadjei@gmail.com](mailto:yawantwiadjei@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > ​Hello, > > > I have an app which displays the time spent in filling a form as soon as > > > you enter the very last data on the same form. > > > > > > When I enter data using App Preview, it works fine as per the attached > > > image but when I fill the form on Android Mobile phone it is not able to > > > compute the time difference. > > > > > > Please, any idea why this is so? > > > > > > Yaw > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "commcare-users" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > > email to [commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "commcare-users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![William\_Pride](https://dimagi.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/b19c9b/32.png) [@William\_Pride](https://forum.dimagi.com/u/William_Pride)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/calculated-time-not-showing-on-phone-but-shows-up-in-app-preview/3651/4 "2017-07-31T12:59:44Z")
I see. Could you post the calculations for these various hidden values (timeIn, timeOut, totalTime, endTime)? Thanks, Will > **···** > > On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 8:56 AM, YAW ANTWI-ADJEI wrote: > > > Hi Will, > > No. I intentionally delayed the filling of the form such that it will give > > me something more than 3 minutes. > > > > In fact, I did it more than once and in all cases this was the result. > > ​ > > > > On 31 July 2017 at 12:50, William Pride [wpride@dimagi.com](mailto:wpride@dimagi.com) wrote: > > > > > Yaw, > > > > > > Is it possible that that form was simply completed in under one minute? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Will > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 7:56 AM, YAW ANTWI-ADJEI \<[yawantwiadjei@gmail.com](mailto:yawantwiadjei@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > ​Hello, > > > > I have an app which displays the time spent in filling a form as soon as > > > > you enter the very last data on the same form. > > > > > > > > When I enter data using App Preview, it works fine as per the attached > > > > image but when I fill the form on Android Mobile phone it is not able to > > > > compute the time difference. > > > > > > > > Please, any idea why this is so? > > > > > > > > Yaw > > > > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "commcare-users" group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > an email to [commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "commcare-users" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > > email to [commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "commcare-users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![YAW\_ANTWI-ADJEI](https://dimagi.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/c0e974/32.png) [@YAW\_ANTWI-ADJEI](https://forum.dimagi.com/u/YAW_ANTWI-ADJEI)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/calculated-time-not-showing-on-phone-but-shows-up-in-app-preview/3651/5 "2017-07-31T13:29:26Z")
Hi, Please see attached. I actually used StartTime, EndTime, TotalTime and DurationMinutes for the computations. 1.\* StartTime\*: This is a Hidden Value with Default Value field set to: _double(now())_ 2.\* EndTime\*: This is a Hidden Value with Calculate Condition field set to: _double(now())_ 3.\* TotalTime\*: This is a Hidden Value with Calculate Condition set to: EndTime - StartTime 4.\* DurationMinutes\*: This is a Hidden Value with Calculate Condition set to: int(((#form/TotalTtime \* 24) - int(#form/TotalTtime \* 24)) \* 60) My TimeIn and TimeOut were only used to display time. They are all Hidden Values. TimeIn has Default Value set as: format-date(now(), '%H:%M') whilst TimeOut has the Calculate Condition set as: format-date(now(), '%H:%M') Yaw [Screenshots for Calculated Time.pdf](https://dimagi.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/1X/6d3a0432d2500422107b9ce60a32f97a7779f856.pdf) (511 KB) > **···** > > On 31 July 2017 at 12:59, William Pride wrote: > > > I see. Could you post the calculations for these various hidden values > > (timeIn, timeOut, totalTime, endTime)? > > > > Thanks, > > Will > > > > On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 8:56 AM, YAW ANTWI-ADJEI [yawantwiadjei@gmail.com](mailto:yawantwiadjei@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > Hi Will, > > > No. I intentionally delayed the filling of the form such that it will > > > give me something more than 3 minutes. > > > > > > In fact, I did it more than once and in all cases this was the result. > > > ​ > > > > > > On 31 July 2017 at 12:50, William Pride [wpride@dimagi.com](mailto:wpride@dimagi.com) wrote: > > > > > > > Yaw, > > > > > > > > Is it possible that that form was simply completed in under one minute? > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Will > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 7:56 AM, YAW ANTWI-ADJEI \< [yawantwiadjei@gmail.com](mailto:yawantwiadjei@gmail.com)\> wrote: > > > > > > > > > ​Hello, > > > > > I have an app which displays the time spent in filling a form as soon > > > > > as you enter the very last data on the same form. > > > > > > > > > > When I enter data using App Preview, it works fine as per the attached > > > > > image but when I fill the form on Android Mobile phone it is not able to > > > > > compute the time difference. > > > > > > > > > > Please, any idea why this is so? > > > > > > > > > > Yaw > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > Groups "commcare-users" group. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > > an email to [commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "commcare-users" group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > an email to [commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "commcare-users" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > > email to [commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "commcare-users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![William\_Pride](https://dimagi.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/b19c9b/32.png) [@William\_Pride](https://forum.dimagi.com/u/William_Pride)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/calculated-time-not-showing-on-phone-but-shows-up-in-app-preview/3651/6 "2017-07-31T16:29:08Z")
Hi Yaw, Interesting, your form configuration looks good - could you please report a bug [https://confluence.dimagi.com/display/commcarepublic/Bug+Reports](https://confluence.dimagi.com/display/commcarepublic/Bug+Reports) so that our team can take a closer look? Thanks, Will > **···** > > On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 9:29 AM, YAW ANTWI-ADJEI wrote: > > > Hi, > > Please see attached. > > I actually used StartTime, EndTime, TotalTime and DurationMinutes for the > > computations. > > > > 1.\* StartTime\*: This is a Hidden Value with Default Value field set to: > > _double(now())_ > > > > 2.\* EndTime\*: This is a Hidden Value with Calculate Condition field set > > to: _double(now())_ > > > > 3.\* TotalTime\*: This is a Hidden Value with Calculate Condition set to: > > EndTime - StartTime > > > > 4.\* DurationMinutes\*: This is a Hidden Value with Calculate Condition set > > to: int(((#form/TotalTtime \* 24) - int(#form/TotalTtime \* 24)) \* 60) > > > > My TimeIn and TimeOut were only used to display time. They are all Hidden > > Values. > > TimeIn has Default Value set as: format-date(now(), '%H:%M') whilst > > TimeOut has the Calculate Condition set as: format-date(now(), '%H:%M') > > > > Yaw > > > > On 31 July 2017 at 12:59, William Pride [wpride@dimagi.com](mailto:wpride@dimagi.com) wrote: > > > > > I see. Could you post the calculations for these various hidden values > > > (timeIn, timeOut, totalTime, endTime)? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Will > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 8:56 AM, YAW ANTWI-ADJEI \<[yawantwiadjei@gmail.com](mailto:yawantwiadjei@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Will, > > > > No. I intentionally delayed the filling of the form such that it will > > > > give me something more than 3 minutes. > > > > > > > > In fact, I did it more than once and in all cases this was the result. > > > > ​ > > > > > > > > On 31 July 2017 at 12:50, William Pride [wpride@dimagi.com](mailto:wpride@dimagi.com) wrote: > > > > > > > > > Yaw, > > > > > > > > > > Is it possible that that form was simply completed in under one minute? > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > Will > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 7:56 AM, YAW ANTWI-ADJEI \< [yawantwiadjei@gmail.com](mailto:yawantwiadjei@gmail.com)\> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > ​Hello, > > > > > > I have an app which displays the time spent in filling a form as soon > > > > > > as you enter the very last data on the same form. > > > > > > > > > > > > When I enter data using App Preview, it works fine as per the attached > > > > > > image but when I fill the form on Android Mobile phone it is not able to > > > > > > compute the time difference. > > > > > > > > > > > > Please, any idea why this is so? > > > > > > > > > > > > Yaw > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > > Groups "commcare-users" group. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > > > an email to [commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > Groups "commcare-users" group. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > > an email to [commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "commcare-users" group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > an email to [commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "commcare-users" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > > email to [commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "commcare-users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout).