Seeking Special Kind of Calendar Utility for Win2K -- Ammended

[Charles Jones]

I'm looking for a calendar/date utility that I can run on Windows
2000, and a search reveals huge numbers of calendar programs, but I'm
looking for a fairly specific functionality. Maybe someone can steer
me to the right program. It would probably work something like this:

With the utility running, if I right-click on the Date on the Windows
taskbar, I get the following choices (in addition to the ones already
there):

1. Define New Date/Time
2. [A list of pre-defined dates and times that I had defined]
3. Restore Actual Date/Time

1. Define New Time -- Lets me set a particular date and time
(including, possibly, right now), which gets added to the list that
shows when I click on the taskbar. ***** Ideally, I should also be
able to assign a short descriptive name to the date, such as "Joe's
Birthday." *****

2. The List -- If I left-click on any of the stored dates/rimes, that
date/time is now the "current" time on my PC, and my PC keeps counting
the time forward from there, as it normally would. If I right-click
on a stored date/time, I have the option of deleting it from the list.

3. Restore Actual Date/Time. The software has kept track of the
Actual Date and Time, and now restores it as the PC's date and time.
(It seems to me the software doesn't actually have to "track" the real
time. A calcluation involving the following three factors should do
the trick: The current date/time as shown by the PC; the date/time
that were last selected by the user; and the (stored) date and time
when the user last made a selection of dates and times from the menu.
The difference between the first two items yields yield the
appropriate forward differential from the third item.)

Again, any leads where to find software like this would be
appreciated. Or, if it doesn't exist, someone might want to take it
as a challenge to create it! You could call it something like
TimeTravelPC.

Thanks in advance for all replies.

(e-mail address removed)

 

[Julian Moss]

I'm looking for a calendar/date utility that I can run on Windows
2000, and a search reveals huge numbers of calendar programs, but I'm
looking for a fairly specific functionality. Maybe someone can steer
me to the right program. It would probably work something like this:

With the utility running, if I right-click on the Date on the Windows
taskbar, I get the following choices (in addition to the ones already
there):

1. Define New Date/Time
2. [A list of pre-defined dates and times that I had defined]
3. Restore Actual Date/Time

1. Define New Time -- Lets me set a particular date and time
(including, possibly, right now), which gets added to the list that
shows when I click on the taskbar. ***** Ideally, I should also be
able to assign a short descriptive name to the date, such as "Joe's
Birthday." *****

2. The List -- If I left-click on any of the stored dates/rimes, that
date/time is now the "current" time on my PC, and my PC keeps counting
the time forward from there, as it normally would. If I right-click
on a stored date/time, I have the option of deleting it from the list.

3. Restore Actual Date/Time. The software has kept track of the
Actual Date and Time, and now restores it as the PC's date and time.
(It seems to me the software doesn't actually have to "track" the real
time. A calcluation involving the following three factors should do
the trick: The current date/time as shown by the PC; the date/time
that were last selected by the user; and the (stored) date and time
when the user last made a selection of dates and times from the menu.
The difference between the first two items yields yield the
appropriate forward differential from the third item.)

Again, any leads where to find software like this would be
appreciated. Or, if it doesn't exist, someone might want to take it
as a challenge to create it! You could call it something like
TimeTravelPC.

Thanks in advance for all replies.

(e-mail address removed)

Charles,

Changing the system date and time isn't a good idea. It can mess up
things like email, System Restore, subscriptions to antivirus updates,
and cause problems with some time-limited evaluation software. I'd be
surprised if you'd find any utility that worked like that.

If you just want a simple ordinary calendar utility to keep track of
birthdays etc. take a look at Tech-Pro Calendar on my website.

 

[jo]

With the utility running, if I right-click on the Date on the Windows
taskbar, I get the following choices (in addition to the ones already
there):

1. Define New Date/Time
2. [A list of pre-defined dates and times that I had defined]
3. Restore Actual Date/Time

You're looking to defeat time limited shareware?

 

[steve]

With the utility running, if I right-click on the Date on the Windows
taskbar, I get the following choices (in addition to the ones already
there):

1. Define New Date/Time
2. [A list of pre-defined dates and times that I had defined]
3. Restore Actual Date/Time

You're looking to defeat time limited shareware?

If that method works it would have to be a very crude type of time
limiting.


Steve

 

[anonymous]

I'm looking for a calendar/date utility that I can run on Windows
2000, and a search reveals huge numbers of calendar programs, but I'm
looking for a fairly specific functionality. Maybe someone can steer
me to the right program. It would probably work something like this:

With the utility running, if I right-click on the Date on the Windows
taskbar, I get the following choices (in addition to the ones already
there):

1. Define New Date/Time
2. [A list of pre-defined dates and times that I had defined]
3. Restore Actual Date/Time

1. Define New Time -- Lets me set a particular date and time
(including, possibly, right now), which gets added to the list that
shows when I click on the taskbar. ***** Ideally, I should also be
able to assign a short descriptive name to the date, such as "Joe's
Birthday." *****

2. The List -- If I left-click on any of the stored dates/rimes, that
date/time is now the "current" time on my PC, and my PC keeps counting
the time forward from there, as it normally would. If I right-click
on a stored date/time, I have the option of deleting it from the list.

3. Restore Actual Date/Time. The software has kept track of the
Actual Date and Time, and now restores it as the PC's date and time.
(It seems to me the software doesn't actually have to "track" the real
time. A calcluation involving the following three factors should do
the trick: The current date/time as shown by the PC; the date/time
that were last selected by the user; and the (stored) date and time
when the user last made a selection of dates and times from the menu.
The difference between the first two items yields yield the
appropriate forward differential from the third item.)

Again, any leads where to find software like this would be
appreciated. Or, if it doesn't exist, someone might want to take it
as a challenge to create it! You could call it something like
TimeTravelPC.

Thanks in advance for all replies.

(e-mail address removed)

What are you doing with all those different times? Sounds a bit suspicious to me.

I hope you're not doing something dodgy where you can later stand up in court & say under oath
that the emails sent/transactions processed were done at certain dates/date as your PC records
can "verify", or files added & saved before or after the actual time.

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[sno]

Try click tray calendar....can mark days for birthdays and
such and notes and bring up a complete list for days specified....
will also return to todays date....and bunch of other handy
stuff....

http://www.waseo.de/en/Products/Freeware1/DateTimeSoftware/ClickTray1/clicktray1.html

have fun.....sno

I'm looking for a calendar/date utility that I can run on Windows
2000, and a search reveals huge numbers of calendar programs, but I'm
looking for a fairly specific functionality. Maybe someone can steer
me to the right program. It would probably work something like this:

With the utility running, if I right-click on the Date on the Windows
taskbar, I get the following choices (in addition to the ones already
there):

1. Define New Date/Time
2. [A list of pre-defined dates and times that I had defined]
3. Restore Actual Date/Time

1. Define New Time -- Lets me set a particular date and time
(including, possibly, right now), which gets added to the list that
shows when I click on the taskbar. ***** Ideally, I should also be
able to assign a short descriptive name to the date, such as "Joe's
Birthday." *****

2. The List -- If I left-click on any of the stored dates/rimes, that
date/time is now the "current" time on my PC, and my PC keeps counting
the time forward from there, as it normally would. If I right-click
on a stored date/time, I have the option of deleting it from the list.

3. Restore Actual Date/Time. The software has kept track of the
Actual Date and Time, and now restores it as the PC's date and time.
(It seems to me the software doesn't actually have to "track" the real
time. A calcluation involving the following three factors should do
the trick: The current date/time as shown by the PC; the date/time
that were last selected by the user; and the (stored) date and time
when the user last made a selection of dates and times from the menu.
The difference between the first two items yields yield the
appropriate forward differential from the third item.)

Again, any leads where to find software like this would be
appreciated. Or, if it doesn't exist, someone might want to take it
as a challenge to create it! You could call it something like
TimeTravelPC.

Thanks in advance for all replies.

(e-mail address removed)

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[Dick Kistler]

What are you doing with all those different times? Sounds a bit
suspicious to me.

I hope you're not doing something dodgy where you can later stand up in
court & say under oath
that the emails sent/transactions processed were done at certain
dates/date as your PC records
can "verify", or files added & saved before or after the actual time.

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Argggggh! Now I'm going to have to randomly
set my system clock to random times just to
avoid being put in that situation.

Does anybody know of a program that will
do that.

Dick Kistler

 

[BillR]

I'm looking for a calendar/date utility that I can run on Windows
2000, and a search reveals huge numbers of calendar programs, but I'm
looking for a fairly specific functionality. Maybe someone can steer
me to the right program. It would probably work something like this:

With the utility running, if I right-click on the Date on the Windows
taskbar, I get the following choices (in addition to the ones already
there):

1. Define New Date/Time
2. [A list of pre-defined dates and times that I had defined]
3. Restore Actual Date/Time

<Snip>

Rather than resetting the system clock, do you need to be able to show
and set times and dates in various local times other than your
default?

You have been fairly specific about your requirements but they are
quite unusual. Changing your system time other than when
(semi-)permanently moving, is not a good idea -- in fact, it is a very
bad idea -- on a PC.

I am only aware of a few exceptions to this, most involving testing
networked applications that will be widely distributed. Another
situation I've encountered involved fooling a tool that did not
support effective dates (e.g., a simplistic personnel system where all
changes are real-time). Along the same lines, some simple
accounting/tax/etc., software is only intended to be used for the
current year one year at a time.

The other situations of which I am aware involve varying degrees of
illicit behavior such as avoiding expiration dates (or the licit
activity of testing their effectiveness).

While you have been fairly specific about your requirements, they are
unusual. We might be in a better position to recommend a specific
solution or an approach if we had a better idea of what you are trying
to accomplish.

For example, if you need to _see_ a specific local time but the locale
varies frequently, several clock applications are available which will
show one or more arbitrarily selected timezones. Many of these will
allow you to arbitrarily label each time zone being displayed and
easily switch between them. Some also include notes, alarms, and
calendars.

The few that I have investigated have all used the system date as the
basis for alarms. If you wanted to set an alarm for a specific local
time, you would have to apply the offset or at least know it.

I can easily see something like this being of use to tech support and
sales personnel who cover broad geographic areas or who provide remote
support (e.g., off-shoring). Anyone who needs to deal with
geographically remote offices, clients, or relatives would find this
handy.

Rather than resetting the system clock, do you need to be able to show
and set times and dates in various local times other than your
default?

One example might be setting an alarm for 10am "Bill's Time" rather
than having to convert that to 3pm "standard time" (i.e., the
default).

Another example might be preparing localized agendas for a
teleconference. Agenda (Bill's Time)starts at 10am; Agenda (Marsha's
Time) starts at 8am, and Agenda (HQ Time) starts at 3pm.

CharlesJones456, please provide additional context if you desire
suggestions. Otherwise we are merely guessing with little foundation.

BillR

 

[BillR]

I'm looking for a calendar/date utility that I can run on Windows
2000, and a search reveals huge numbers of calendar programs, but I'm
looking for a fairly specific functionality. Maybe someone can steer
me to the right program. It would probably work something like this:

With the utility running, if I right-click on the Date on the Windows
taskbar, I get the following choices (in addition to the ones already
there):

1. Define New Date/Time
2. [A list of pre-defined dates and times that I had defined]
3. Restore Actual Date/Time

<Snip>

Rather than resetting the system clock, do you need to be able to show
and set times and dates in various local times other than your
default?

You have been fairly specific about your requirements but they are
quite unusual. Changing your system time other than when
(semi-)permanently moving, is not a good idea -- in fact, it is a very
bad idea -- on a PC.

Nevertheless, I'll mention Beyondo because I happened across it, it
does most what you want (via a different mechanism -- and IF that is
REALLY want!), it has a nice interface, and it hasn't been mentioned
in a couple of years. Beyondo isn't application context menu driven
from a tray icon (AFAIK), but if it doesn't minimize to the tray,
there are plenty of minimize to tray utilities that will put it there.

I've also seen a couple of similar applications from years past that
specifically wrap the call to a "problem" program: reset time; run;
(when finished) restore time. Check SnapFiles, NoNags, or similar
archive.

http://bluefive.pair.com/beyondo.htm

Site Excerpts
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Beyondo.exe
Type of file: Application
Description: Temporarily alters system date
Size: 80,0 KB (81.920 bytes)
File version: 2.0.0.6
Language: English (United States)
Compatibility: Windows 9*/ME/NT/XP

If you want to alter your system date just for a short period of time
then Beyondo is the tool you want.

Options/Features
alters your system date for a period of time
presets: choose from a range of user defined or recent (previously
used) dates
quickset options: choose from a range of specified values (f.i. date
minus 60 days)
possibility for a timed exit: 'autoquit' in 1 to 10 minutes
can automatically change the system date on execution
safe exiting: Beyondo will always restore the original date before
closing

BillR

 

[BillR]

(e-mail address removed) (Charles Jones) wrote in message

I'm looking for a calendar/date utility that I can run on Windows
2000, and a search reveals huge numbers of calendar programs, but I'm
looking for a fairly specific functionality. Maybe someone can steer
me to the right program. It would probably work something like this:

With the utility running, if I right-click on the Date on the Windows
taskbar, I get the following choices (in addition to the ones already
there):

1. Define New Date/Time
2. [A list of pre-defined dates and times that I had defined]
3. Restore Actual Date/Time

<Snip>

Rather than resetting the system clock, do you need to be able to show
and set times and dates in various local times other than your
default?

For example, if you need to _see_ a specific local time but the locale
varies frequently, several clock applications are available which will
show one or more arbitrarily selected timezones. Many of these will
allow you to arbitrarily label each time zone being displayed and
easily switch between them. Some also include notes, alarms, and
calendars.

While seeking something else, I happened upon a program that might be of
interest.

I also wondered if part of what you are seeking is the display of several
stopwatches that include both pause and laptime options.

WorldTime
Freeware
v6.0.0.941 - Feb. 10th, 2004 (beta 2 - see site for known issues)

v5.5.2.748 - Mar. 24th, 2000

These features may be of particular interest :
* Configure the display (analog/digital, description, various time
standards)
* Selectively display clock in the titlebar (perhaps different clocks in
different titlebars?)
* Set alarms based on local time at any location
* Display multiple stopwatches with unlimited lap times or multiple
countdown timers
* Track time to/from an event
* Calculate time at one locale relative to another

I just downloaded this one to try for myself.

http://www.pawprint.net/wt/


Site Excerpts
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WorldTime

A world clock with unlimited configurable clocks, each with [its own time
zone, description, etc.]... in a window that minimizes to the system tray
and/or can be set to float atop all other windows and can be displayed with
or without its toolbar, status, and titlebar.

You can even choose any of the clocks to be displayed in the titlebar of any
window on the desktop!

System Alarms
Unlimited user definable alarms based upon the local time at any location,
classed as Major, Normal, or Minor and Non-Visual alarms that include the
ability to execute applications, synchronize your clock, and to dial or
disconnect from the internet. Each alarm can include an optional repeat
interval, and when visual alarms are due the user can use an optional snooze
button to hold the alarm for a configurable number of minutes. An active
visual alarm will AutoSnooze after 25 seconds. The user is also notified at
startup of any alarms that came due while WorldTime was not running.

Stopwatch(s)
A stopwatch (count up) and timer (count down) module accurate to 1/100 sec
with unlimited lap times and lap average (in count up mode) - hidden until
used. A Simple module that can be called up many times = have as many
sententiously running stopwatches as you want at any time.
[I'm not familiar with this use of "sententiously".]

TraQdate (Important Date Tracker)
A module that tracks the amount of time since or until any number of events
at specified dates and locations down to the second. On the left it
calculates the cumulative Years, Months, Days, Hours, Minutes, and Seconds
until/since the specified date. On the right the fractional number of Years
or Months or Weeks or Days are also provided.
TraQdate (screen Shot)

Time Calculator
Makes simple worldwide time calculations including what time it will be at
Location 'X' when it is some other time at location 'Y' or what time zone
one is referring to if it is currently 'x' O'clock