diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ca212946..6bde2b73 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     "debug": "~2.6.9",
     "express": "~4.16.0",
     "http-errors": "~1.6.2",
+    "moment": "^2.23.0",
     "morgan": "~1.9.0",
     "multer": "^1.4.1",
     "pg": "^7.7.1",
diff --git a/server/controllers/workday.js b/server/controllers/workday.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0c037c93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/controllers/workday.js
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import * as XLSX from 'xlsx';
+import moment from 'moment';
+import model from '../models';
+
+const {WorkDay} = model;
+const {Avatar} = model;
+class Workdays {
+  /**
+   *
+   * @param req
+   * @param res
+   */
+  static importTimelyFile(req, res) {
+    // get the user id from the url
+    const user_id = req.params.avatarId;
+    Avatar.findById(user_id)
+      .then(avatar => {
+        if (avatar) {
+          const userName = avatar.first_name + ' ' + avatar.last_name;
+          // parse the excel file from the request
+          if (req.file) {
+            const workbook = XLSX.read(req.file.buffer, {type: 'buffer'});
+            const sheetNameList = workbook.SheetNames;
+            const sheetInJson = XLSX.utils.sheet_to_json(workbook.Sheets[sheetNameList[1]]);
+            // remove the first row from the array. because it contains only the total hours logged
+            sheetInJson.shift();
+            const length = sheetInJson.length;
+            for (let element of sheetInJson) {
+              const nameInFile = element['Name'];
+              if (nameInFile === userName) {
+                WorkDay.create({
+                  user_id,
+                  date: moment.utc(element['Date'], 'DD/MM/YYYY').toDate(),
+                  from: element['From'],
+                  to: element['To'],
+                  logged_hours: element['Logged'],
+                  tags: element['Tags'],
+                  notes: element['Note']
+                })
+                  .then(() => {
+                    if (sheetInJson.indexOf(element) === length - 1) {
+                      return res.status(200).send({
+                        status: true,
+                        msg: 'Entries saved to database successfully'
+                      });
+                    }
+                  })
+                  .catch(error => {
+                    console.error(error);
+                    return res.status(400).send(error);
+                  });
+              }
+            }
+          } else {
+            return res.status(400).send({
+              status: false,
+              errors: [
+                {
+                  name: 'File not found error',
+                  detail: 'File was not found in the request.'
+                }
+              ]
+            });
+          }
+        } else {
+          return res.status(400).send({
+            status: false,
+            errors: [
+              {
+                name: 'User not found error',
+                details: 'User with id ' + user_id + ' was not found in the database'
+              }
+            ]
+          });
+        }
+      })
+      .catch(error => res.status(400).send(error));
+  }
+}
+
+export default Workdays;
diff --git a/server/routes/workday.js b/server/routes/workday.js
index 5fe28559..104cbd31 100644
--- a/server/routes/workday.js
+++ b/server/routes/workday.js
@@ -1,20 +1,10 @@
 import express from 'express';
 import multer from 'multer';
-import * as XLSX from 'xlsx';
+import Workday from '../controllers/workday';
 
 const routes = express.Router();
 const upload = multer({storage: multer.memoryStorage()});
-routes.post('/upload', upload.single('reportFile'), (req, res, next) => {
-  const workbook = XLSX.read(req.file.buffer, {type: 'buffer'});
-  const sheet_name_list = workbook.SheetNames;
-  const sheet_in_json = XLSX.utils.sheet_to_json(workbook.Sheets[sheet_name_list[1]]);
-  for (let element of sheet_in_json) {
-    console.log(element);
-  }
 
-  return res.status(200).send({
-    status: true
-  });
-});
+routes.post('/:avatarId/upload', upload.single('reportFile'), Workday.importTimelyFile);
 
 export default routes;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index bf82ab71..6d19fe67 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1286,7 +1286,7 @@ d@1:
   dependencies:
     es5-ext "^0.10.9"
 
-date-fns@^1.27.2:
+date-fns@^1.27.2, date-fns@^1.30.1:
   version "1.30.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/date-fns/-/date-fns-1.30.1.tgz#2e71bf0b119153dbb4cc4e88d9ea5acfb50dc05c"
   integrity sha512-hBSVCvSmWC+QypYObzwGOd9wqdDpOt+0wl0KbU+R+uuZBS1jN8VsD1ss3irQDknRj5NvxiTF6oj/nDRnN/UQNw==
@@ -2865,7 +2865,7 @@ moment-timezone@^0.5.14:
   dependencies:
     moment ">= 2.9.0"
 
-"moment@>= 2.9.0", moment@^2.20.0:
+"moment@>= 2.9.0", moment@^2.20.0, moment@^2.23.0:
   version "2.23.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/moment/-/moment-2.23.0.tgz#759ea491ac97d54bac5ad776996e2a58cc1bc225"
   integrity sha512-3IE39bHVqFbWWaPOMHZF98Q9c3LDKGTmypMiTM2QygGXXElkFWIH7GxfmlwmY2vwa+wmNsoYZmG2iusf1ZjJoA==