Login time and Application start/shut down time

[ndnd]

Hi,
I am new to UBUNTU and wanted to know if I can do the following

I am using the Ubunt server edition 8.10

1) Easily get the login/logout time - so total usage (in terms of hours) for a user)

2) Get the usage hours of a specific application installed on Ubuntu- for e.g if a user starts an application - works on it for about 1 hour and shuts it down - Can I get the time user started using the application and the time it was shut down.

I need to determine the usage of accounts and specific applications the user is using

thanks in advance

[ndnd]

Hi,
I am trying to search for a login file. I can't seem to find anything from the forum posts - am I posting this in the wrong section? :D

[sprouty]

from the terminal try

last

or

lastlog

might help you.