Clock out · Kangaroo Clock glossary

Clock out is the act of recording the end of a work shift. A clock-out closes the open shift created by the matching clock-in and determines the recorded duration of that shift.

Clock out is the action that closes a shift opened by a matching clock-in. In a digital time tracker, a clock-out updates the existing shift record with an end timestamp; the difference between start and end becomes the duration.

Forgotten clock-outs are the most common source of bad data in time tracking. Workers leave, get pulled into something else, or just forget. Without intervention, the shift stays open indefinitely. Most modern systems handle this via auto-close: shifts older than a configurable cutoff get capped at start_time + cutoff and flagged for admin review.