CSV export

NowDoing can export your day or your week as CSV — for example, to pull hours into an invoice or build a weekly report.

Start the export

1. Open the Timesheet (right-click the menu bar icon → “Timesheet”).
2. Pick the period (day or week).
3. Click “Export CSV”.
4. Choose destination and filename.

Format

The exported file is Excel- and Numbers-compatible under standard macOS locale settings:

• Separator: semicolon (;) — German CSV convention
• Encoding: UTF-8 with BOM, so umlauts and emojis render correctly
• Escaping: RFC-4180-compliant, fields with special characters wrapped in double quotes
• Line ending: \n

Columns

Column	Meaning
Datum / Date	YYYY-MM-DD
Start	HH:MM
Ende / End	HH:MM
Dauer / Duration	Hours:minutes, e.g. 1:25
Aktivität / Activity	Name including emoji

Example

Datum;Start;Ende;Dauer;Aktivität
2026-05-24;09:00;10:20;1:20;🛠️ Coding
2026-05-24;10:20;10:45;0:25;📞 Calls
2026-05-24;10:45;11:00;0:15;☕ Break

Importing into Excel or Numbers

• Numbers (macOS): double-click the file — umlauts are detected correctly thanks to the BOM.
• Excel: File → Import → CSV and set the separator to ;. Encoding should auto-detect as UTF-8.
• Google Sheets: in the import dialog, set separator to semicolon.