--- /dev/null
+package SL::Dev::TimeRecording;
+
+use strict;
+use base qw(Exporter);
+our @EXPORT_OK = qw(new_time_recording);
+our %EXPORT_TAGS = (ALL => \@EXPORT_OK);
+
+use DateTime;
+
+use SL::DB::TimeRecording;
+
+use SL::DB::Employee;
+use SL::Dev::CustomerVendor qw(new_customer);
+
+
+sub new_time_recording {
+  my (%params) = @_;
+
+  my $customer = delete $params{customer} // new_customer(name => 'Testcustomer')->save;
+  die "illegal customer" unless defined $customer && ref($customer) eq 'SL::DB::Customer';
+
+  my $employee     = $params{employee}     // SL::DB::Manager::Employee->current;
+  my $staff_member = $params{staff_member} // $employee;
+
+  my $now = DateTime->now_local;
+
+  my $time_recording = SL::DB::TimeRecording->new(
+    start_time   => $now,
+    end_time     => $now->add(hours => 1),
+    customer     => $customer,
+    description  => '<p>this and that</p>',
+    staff_member => $staff_member,
+    employee     => $employee,
+    %params,
+  );
+
+  return $time_recording;
+}
+
+
+1;