To prevent the duplicate issue of a time card, and to reduce any labor for time card issue.

This time recorder is provided with a function for managing the number of issued time cards by referring to the number of registered employees. A card issue managing function counts the number of issued cards at time card issue by referring to the number of registered employees written in an external storage medium or the memory of the time recorder, and with a display board for sequentially displaying card numbers provided, displays an end on the display board and inhibits the time card issue when the card issue for the number of registered employees ends. Thus, it is possible to prevent repeated card issue even when a time card is inserted after the end of the time card issue, and to prevent the waste of a time card due to the repeated issue of time cards whose card numbers are identical. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate any labor to count the number of time cards for preparation, and to easily prepare for the card issue.