Just to say - for those of us in Europe, with the joyful Part-FCL coming in, time is also required...
http://www.easa.europa.eu/agency-mea...20Part-FCL.pdf
AMC1 FCL.050 Recording of flight time
GENERAL
(a) The record of the flights flown should contain at least the following
information:
(1) personal details: name(s) and address of the pilot;
(2) for each flight:
(i) name(s) of PIC;
(ii) date of flight;
(iii) place and time of departure and arrival;
(iv) type, including make, model and variant, and registration
of the aircraft;
(v) indication if the aircraft is SE or ME, if applicable;
(vi) total time of flight;
(vii) accumulated total time of flight.
The logging time has been described slightly clumsily:
Flight time is recorded:
(1) for aeroplanes, touring motor gliders and powered-lift aircraft,
from the moment an aircraft first moves to taking off until the
moment it finally comes to rest at the end of the flight;
Does "first moves to taking off" include moving from parking to the runway? It has in the past...