How to track the project or task time in hours

HalDavis85   This is an update to my earlier post.  I just got info back from microsoft about linking Project directly to Planner, just came out a short few months ago.  It was built in flows but not into the software on desktop etc.  So you can now create a project, save to the cloud, then use Sharepoint to link Planner to the project using the web apps.

Also, the kanban board in Planner is not a task drop board.  It keeps all tasks listed, but shows the icons for the members who have been assigned or who have accepted the task.  More is on the way, like adding color, but this function was originally there.  I guess I just didn't notice it, as I was using a sharepoint based kanban for most of my work, and only recently tried to swap it out for planner.  Please excuse my earlier post for some inaccuracy.  Dropped it on that one.

You can get granularity in Project.  This is more for a management overview, and the kanban in Planner is more for convenience of communication.

I've just been rewriting my model for planning and I rebuilt my templates.

There are also add-ons for Planner that enable time tracking, but they cost another $6-7 per user per month.

However, I've come across another way of doing this.  I've had Flows sending notifications everywhere.  You can use one to run a timer reusing a simple punch button that writes the date stamp to an excel file or a sharepoint list.  I haven't yet figured out how to add this to planner as an option in the task.  But I'll keep looking.