Create time entry

POST/api/v1/time-entries

Log a new time entry.

Operation ID: create_time_entry_api_v1_time_entries_post·View as markdown·OpenAPI slice

Authentication

Bearer token authentication. Pass your DayZero API token in the Authorization header and the target business UUID in x-business-id.

Request body

Schema: TimeEntryCreateRequest

entry_datestring · daterequired: Date the work was performed.
duration_minutesintegerrequired: Duration in minutes.
descriptionstring: Optional description.
person_namestring: Who performed the work.
customer_idstring: Customer worked for.
project_idstring: Project / job.
catalog_item_idstring: Service item to use as the invoice line.
billableboolean: Whether the time is billable.
rate_centsinteger: Billing rate per hour, in cents.

Responses

201Successful Response

Schema: SuccessEnvelope_TimeEntryResponse_

successboolean
messagestring
codestring
dataTimeEntryResponse

400Bad Request - Invalid input

401Unauthorized - Authentication required

403Forbidden - Insufficient permissions

404Not Found - Resource does not exist

422Validation Error

Schema: HTTPValidationError

detailarray · ValidationErrorValidationError

5 fields

locarray · string | integerrequired
msgstringrequired
typestringrequired
inputobject
ctxobject

Code samples

POST/api/v1/time-entries

bash

curl -X POST 'https://api.ondayzero.com/api/v1/time-entries' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer dz_your_token' \
  -H 'x-business-id: YOUR_BUSINESS_ID' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "entry_date": "2026-01-01",
  "duration_minutes": 0
}'