{
  "example_kind": "synthetic editorial worksheet; not product data/import",
  "layout": "lab",
  "dataset": {
    "heading": "Inspect the invented records",
    "headers": [
      "Event",
      "Observed time",
      "Treatment"
    ],
    "rows": [
      [
        "Created",
        "08:00 UTC",
        "Not this clock’s start"
      ],
      [
        "Active start",
        "10:00 UTC",
        "Included boundary"
      ],
      [
        "Accepted finish",
        "18:00 UTC",
        "Included boundary"
      ]
    ]
  },
  "derivation": "Same-day elapsed hours = finish hour − start hour = 18 − 10 = 8. Creation-to-acceptance = 18 − 8 = 10; these answer different questions.",
  "result": "Report: 8 elapsed hours from active start to accepted finish. Preserve the separate 10-hour creation-to-acceptance observation.",
  "boundaries": [
    [
      "Observed",
      "Two ordered same-day timestamps",
      "Supports an eight-hour elapsed duration."
    ],
    [
      "Unknown",
      "Hands-on effort during those hours",
      "Do not label eight hours as engineering effort."
    ],
    [
      "Next check",
      "Audit the next record against the written events",
      "Investigate missing starts before comparing durations."
    ]
  ],
  "sources": [
    "kanban"
  ],
  "related_existing": [
    "cli-sprint-metrics-review",
    "date-only-timezone-handoff"
  ],
  "calculator": {
    "mode": "gap",
    "labels": [
      "Start hour (same UTC day)",
      "Finish hour (same UTC day)"
    ],
    "values": [
      10,
      18
    ],
    "unit": "elapsed hours",
    "integer": false,
    "max": 24
  },
  "events": [
    [
      "08:00",
      "Created",
      "Outside the selected clock"
    ],
    [
      "10:00",
      "Started",
      "Clock begins"
    ],
    [
      "18:00",
      "Accepted",
      "Clock ends"
    ]
  ],
  "published_next_steps": [
    {
      "slug": "cli-sprint-metrics-review",
      "title": "Read sprint metrics without overstating delivery"
    }
  ],
  "method_references": [
    {
      "id": "kanban",
      "title": "The Kanban Guide, May 2025",
      "url": "https://kanbanguides.org/the-kanban-guide/2025.5/",
      "scope": "Clock and work-item definitions; examples and local rules are our own."
    }
  ]
}