Rounding rules are customisable rules you can apply to sign-in and sign-out times. These can help streamline the approval and payroll processing without losing visibility of the actual time worked. You can apply specific rounding rules to a site. See separate articles for Setting up Company Wide Rounding Rules.
Set up a new rule
Select the Chime Time tile.
From site from sites tab.
Open up the site Explorer list on the left hand side
Select 'Rounding Rules'
Click the New Sites Rules button.
A pop-up will appear – give your rule a name (e.g., “Sign-in and Out Rounding Rules”).
Select a cohort (or leave it as the default: Everyone).
Select the Add button to create a new rule.
Choose type of rule
In the pop-up, choose an option for the type of rule from the drop-down list:
Remove Seconds – removes seconds from times (e.g., 07:40:55 → 07:41).
Round to the Nearest ‘X’ Minutes – e.g., round to nearest 15mins (e.g 07:40:55 → 07:45)
Round Up/Down to the Nearest ‘X’ Minutes – choose whether times round up or down (e.g round up 07:40:55 → 07:45 or round down 17:09:20 → 17:00)
Specific Day/Time Range Rules – apply different rules on weekends or certain days.
Time Range Rounding – Set up time ranges e.g., anyone clocking in between 7:00–8:10am is recorded as 8:00am on their timesheet.
Fill in the details for your chosen rule.
Add additional rules if required – remember:
Rules are applied top to bottom like a waterfall system.
New Site Rounding Rule Added
Note on time zones
A site-specific rounding rule now uses the time zone set on that site's Location tab when deciding whether a clock falls inside the rule's time range. This means you type the rule's times in the site's own local time — there's no need to work out an offset yourself.
Recorded clocking times still display in your account's usual time zone everywhere else in Chime, so a rule set for 09:00 at a site in a different time zone to your account may show as a different time — for example 08:00 — wherever clocking times are normally displayed. This is expected: the rule is evaluated in the site's local time, but the clock-in time itself is always shown in your account's time zone.
If a site has no time zone set, its rounding rules continue to use your account's time zone as before.
Setting up a site with a time zone
Select Chime Time Tile
Select the sites tab and choose your site
On the left hand side, select 'site location'
In the Country and timezone box - select the country and time zone
Press save. Timezone now set for that site.
💡 Tips
Arrange your rules carefully — rounding rules are applied top to bottom, so the order can affect the final recorded time.
Test new rules on a small group or cohort first to ensure they behave as expected before applying them to everyone.