Time is normally shown and entered in h:m:s.f format, where h = hours, m = minutes, s = seconds, and f = fractional seconds. Places on the right may be omitted, in which case they default to zero. For example:
| 1 | one hour |
| 1:2 | one hour + two minutes |
| 1:2:3 | one hour + two minutes + three seconds |
| 1:2:3.5 | one hour + two minutes + three and a half seconds |
| 1:2:3.456789 | one hour + two minutes + three seconds + 456789 microseconds |
| 0:2 | two minutes |
| 0:0:3 | three seconds |
| 0:0:0.4 | four hundred milliseconds |
Time can alternatively be shown and entered in sample frames, by enabling the Show time in sample frames option. Sample frames are zero-origin, i.e. the first frame is frame zero.