How can I know the exact time of when a issue is changed to a specific status?
Asked by daniel.ouyang:

Hey JIRA community :

In my board , I have defined 6 status (To do , in progress,In QA ,Blocked , In review , Done) and I will ask the team members update their assigned issues to the newest status and at last update to the "Done" status when the issues is completed.

![Screenshot 2024-06-24 at 15.25.17.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/331330i45E8F245E1359B10/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2024-06-24 at 15.25.17.png")

My question is , how can I know the exact time of when a issue is changed to a specific status? For example , when it is updated to "Done" status.


Answers:
author: Valeriia_Havrylenko_SaaSJet
body: Hi [@daniel.ouyang](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5307897) ?  

Welcome to the Atlassian community!

You can do it with [Time in Status](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219732/time-in-status-for-jira-cloud?hosting=cloud&tab=overview&utm_source=Atlassian_Community&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Comment_How-can-I-know-the-exact-time-of-when-a-issue-is-changed-to_20240624) add-on. Just simply:  

1. Choose the Status Entrance Date Report
2. Filter issues by created, updated, resolved and apply date and time ranges
3. Enjoy your report in table, chart or dashboard view ?  

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Chart view:  
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For more in-depth data analysis, you can create reports [as pivots](https://saasjet.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TIS/pages/1073348617/Reporting+Page+Settings+Pivot+Table+View). For example, you can look at the percentage of time spent in different statuses.

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author: John Funk
body: Hi Daniel - Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

A simplest answer is to go to the issue and click on the history tab in the activity section at the bottom of the screen. There you can see in the history who moved it to Done and the exact time it was done.

comments: author: daniel.ouyang
body: You are right , John . But what I want is to view this date as a column in the issue list like here , do you hava any idea how can I achieve this and get this date ?

![Screenshot 2024-06-25 at 16.55.06.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/331587i73FA77449D112574/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2024-06-25 at 16.55.06.png")


author: Valerie Knapp
body: [@daniel.ouyang](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5307897) , to be able to view the transition date as distinct field in the issue, you will have to create a custom field. You can use an automation to populate it automatically as I suggested.


author: Amay Purohit_RVS
body: Hi [@daniel.ouyang](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5307897)

Welcome to the community !!

As suggested by other you can use Automation to capture this information.

Or you can use a third party app as well to get this data easily. If you are open to try out one, do take a look at

[Time in Status Reports](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1226187/time-in-status-reports?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)  
One of the many reports which the app provides is Status Transition Details, as you can see in the screen grab below. It displays the who transition the issue status and when.

The app has 20+ reports to meet a variety of time in status use cases.

[More Details here](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/App-Central/Time-in-Status-Reports/ba-p/2348133)

Disclaimer : I work for the vendor who built this app

![TIS - Status Transition Details.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/331341i465E897EA8824693/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "TIS - Status Transition Details.PNG")

comments: author: daniel.ouyang
body: Thanks !


author: Valerie Knapp
body: Hi [@daniel.ouyang](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5307897) , welcome to the Atlassian Community and thanks for your question.

You can use an automation for this. Here is an example rule that you could modify for your use case - <https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/automation-template-library#/rule/9918996>

Instead of setting the Start Date, you could create a custom field of 'transition date' as a date type field and use the syntax from this rule to stamp the time when the transition takes place into the field - {{now.convertToTimeZone(issue.reporter.timeZone)}}

I hope this helps

Cheers

comments: author: daniel.ouyang
body: That is very helpful , could you show me how to create this automation rule and write the JQL ? Thanks in advance !


author: Joseph Chung Yin
body: [@daniel.ouyang](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5307897) -

Welcome to the community. I agreed with what John Funk (other community leader) suggested on simply using the issue's history tab in the activity section view the project Ui when viewing the issue. In my opinion, the simpler the better, unless you have other needs on knowing the transition dates for statuses movements further.

Hope this also helps.

Best, Joseph Chung Yin

comments: author: Joseph Chung Yin
body: [@daniel.ouyang](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5307897) -

I saw your reply to [@John Funk](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/7148) thread, unfortunately if you need to see the transition date in the search results as a column, then you will need to create a custom field (date/time data type) and populate it properly (i.e. using automation rule or modify your WF transition with a post function call etc...

Once it is done, then you can use it as a column in the search result. Hope this helps.

Best, Joseph


author: Hannes Obweger - JXL for Jira
body: Hi [@daniel.ouyang](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5307897)

welcome to the community! I agree with Valeria that using an automation rule may be the easiest if you want to use built-in functionality.

Alternatively, if you're open to solutions from the Atlassian Marketplace and/or don't want this to eat into your automation budget, you may want to have a look at the app that my team and I are working on, [JXL for Jira](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1224710?hosting=cloud&tab=overview&utm_source=atlassian-community&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=2734432).

JXL is a full-fledged spreadsheet/table view for your issues that allows viewing, inline-editing, sorting, and filtering by all your issue fields, much like you'd do in e.g. Excel or Google Sheets. It also comes with a number of so-called *history columns* that aren't natively available, including *date of \[status\]* , *date of transition from \[status\] to \[status\]*, and many more.

This is how it looks in action:

![date-of-transition.gif](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/331499i715FF92F62614A41/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "date-of-transition.gif")

As you can see above, you can easily sort and filter by your history columns. You can also use them across JXL's advanced features, such as support for (configurable) *issue hierarchies* , *issue grouping* by any issue field(s), *sum-ups* , or *conditional formatting*.

This all *just works* - there's no scripting or automation whatsoever required.

Any questions just let me know,

Best,

Hannes


author: Gizem G?k?e _OBSS_
body: Hello [@daniel.ouyang](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5307897) ,

Welcome to the community!

The required data is available in each issue's history but you will need to use a marketplace app to get ready-to-go reports. Good news that report is available in our application where you can directly learn the transition dates without having to deal with Jira issue histories. The app is [Timepiece (formerly Time in Status)](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211756/) , the oldest and leading Time in Status app in Atlassian Marketplace, which is built by my team at OBSS. It is available for both Jira Cloud, and Data Center.

**You can use the date-based reports to see the transition dates from/to a status.** In the screenshot below you can see the transition dates of the issues to each status. I think this report will be spot on for your needs.

![Report Types FT to Status Date.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/323886i5BBB7731903F48E7/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Report Types FT to Status Date.png")

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If you wish, you can also [schedule a live demo.](https://calendar.app.google/faQYgsEekRdFxnPj7) We will provide a comprehensive overview of the application and address any inquiries you may have.

Hope it helps,

Gizem


author: Bibek Behera
body: [@daniel.ouyang](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5307897) I agree with [@John Funk](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/7148) , If I consider this to be the use case of letting someone know immediately about the change, the issue should be watched for the latest updates

<https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/watch-share-and-comment-on-an-issue/#>


author: Mehmet A _Bloompeak_
body: Hi [@daniel.ouyang](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5307897)  
Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Jira doesn't have a built-in solution for the report you mentioned. If you prefer using a marketplace app, you can try [Status Time Reports](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/1221826) app developed by our team. It mainly provides reports and gadgets based on how much time passed in each status.

Here is the [online demo link](http://status-time.bloompeak.io/demo), you can see it in action and try without installing the app. To get a report of when the issue entered a status, you can have a look at [Status Count And Entry Dates](https://bloompeak.atlassian.net/plugins/servlet/ac/io.bloompeak.status-time/st-report?ac.reportid=1277) report. Entry date(see In Development, Ready for Testing, In Testing, In Development columns) is status transition date and status count(see #In Development, #Ready for Testing, #In Testing, #In Development columns) is how many times an issue is entered to this status.

++App Features:++

* This app has a dynamic status grouping feature so that you can generate various valuable reports as **time in status, time in assignee, status entry dates and status counts, cycle time and lead time, resolution time, average/sum reports by any field(e.g. average in progress time by project, average cycle time by issue creation month).**

* You can search issues by Project, Issue Type, Status, Assignee, Issue Creation/Resolution Date(and any other Date field) and JQL Query.
* Status durations are calculated according to the working calendar you define. Once you enter your working calendar into the app, it takes your working schedule into account too. That is, "In Progress" time of an issue opened on Friday at 5 PM and closed on Monday at 9 AM, will be a few hours rather than 3 days.
* You can set different duration formats.
* You can export reports in CSV file format and open them in MS Excel.
* You can also add this app as a gadget to your Jira dashboards and reach "Status Time" from Issue Detail page.
* You can enable/disable access to Status Time reports\&gadgets and Issue Detail page per project, users, groups or project role.

For further details, you can have a look at [Status Time Reports How to Videos.](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVHoaAkoFPJnG9nLkzcxG0P00ndQgimDs)

If you are looking for a completely **free** solution, you can try the limited version [Status Time Reports Free](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1222051).

If you have any questions, feel free to [schedule a free demo](https://bloompeak.io/schedule-a-call) with us.

Hope it helps.


author: Ravina
body: Hi [@daniel.ouyang](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5307897) Welcome to the Atlassian community.

This is not possible by defaultas Jira JQL or any gadget does not give the details about the time when the issue is transitioned to any status, you can found this details in the Jira history and create a custom script or scripted field to capture the date and time when issues status is changed.

comments: author: daniel.ouyang
body: I agree with you Ravina ! But I am not very familiar with creating a custom script or scripted field to capture the date and time when issues status is changed , could you help me on this ?


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