Time-Based Out-of-Office Rules
Released 20 November 2025. An out of office rule can carry a start and an end time as well as dates, so an absence that covers part of a day no longer depends on a calendar or a timesheet integration.
What shipped
The rule form gained two fields, Start Time and End Time, directly under Start Date and End Date (Optional). Both open on All day, which is what every rule did before this release. Open either list and All day sits at the top, followed by times in 15-minute steps: 12:15 AM, 12:30 AM, 12:45 AM and on through the day. Choosing one of those times is what makes a rule time-based - a morning appointment, a half day, or a trip that starts after lunch.
Until this release, a rule that began or ended part-way through a day could only come from Tempo Timesheets or a connected calendar. A rule you create by hand can now do the same.
Rules you already have
There is nothing to redo. All day remains the default on both fields, so a rule keeps running on whole days until someone sets a time on it.
Related pages
Creating Time-Based Rules Manually - setting the times on a rule step by step, and what else the rule needs before Create Rule will save it.
Rule Configuration Guide - every other field on the rule form.
Timezone Selection - which timezone the times are read in.
The List of Out of Office Rules - how a saved rule's times appear in the Schedule column.
Release Notes - the other notes published for this app.