World [Time zones] Clock?

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I am looking for a desktop unintrusive clock program that will show the
time in five or more time zones. I would also like to be able to
calculate the time difference between the home time and any of the
zones. I have looked at Clox and Horas but was curious to know if there
are any more.

Thanks,

DD
 
DD said:
I am looking for a desktop unintrusive clock program that will show the
time in five or more time zones. I would also like to be able to
calculate the time difference between the home time and any of the
zones. I have looked at Clox and Horas but was curious to know if there
are any more.

Thanks,
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http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

It's not desktop, unfortunately (at least I did not see that option).
But if you need a glance type clock here ya go...
 
DD said:
I am looking for a desktop unintrusive clock program that will show
the time in five or more time zones. I would also like to be able to
calculate the time difference between the home time and any of the
zones. I have looked at Clox and Horas but was curious to know if there
are any more.

Thanks,

DD
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I asked this a few weeks ago and was directed to this one
[http://www.programming.de/] Sounds like what you are looking for.
 
DD said:
I am looking for a desktop unintrusive clock program that will show
the time in five or more time zones. I would also like to be able to
calculate the time difference between the home time and any of the
zones. I have looked at Clox and Horas but was curious to know if
there are any more.

Thanks,

DD
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You could try World Time Clock
http://www.programming.de/
or
21st Century Earth Clock
http://21stcenturyoffice.com/Earth_Clock_/earth_clock_.htm
(apparently no longer available, according to their website, but still
floating around privately somewhere, I'm sure. Google will help you).

Good luck
H.N.
 
DD said:
I am looking for a desktop unintrusive clock program that will show
the time in five or more time zones. I would also like to be able to
calculate the time difference between the home time and any of the
zones. I have looked at Clox and Horas but was curious to know if
there are any more.

Thanks,

DD
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http://www.mapmaker.com/sunclock.asp
 
I am looking for a desktop unintrusive clock program that will show the
time in five or more time zones. I would also like to be able to
calculate the time difference between the home time and any of the
zones. I have looked at Clox and Horas but was curious to know if there
are any more.
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I've used v 4.0 of this one for a long time,
the current stable version is 5 and beta is 6.

http://www.pawprint.net/wt/
 
John said:
Mark,
I've looked at this program in the past, but was turned off by the
website saying "The installation procedure will add a Sun icon to your
Windows task bar." I almost always avoid installing a program that
adds an icon to the toolbar. Can you tell me if that's optional?
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I don't have that program on this particular machine, so don't hold me
to this... the default installation is to have Sunclock run at startup;
hence, the icon in the systray. I'm certain that can be disabled, and it
can be run. manually.

It's a nice program, imo. No nasties, low resources, does what I need (I
work in an area that does a lot of interantional buying and selling). A
bit squirrelly to set up and configure, but once you get it set up the
way you want it, it works well. YMMV.
 
Mark said:
I don't have that program on this particular machine, so don't hold me
to this... the default installation is to have Sunclock run at startup;
hence, the icon in the systray. I'm certain that can be disabled, and it
can be run. manually.

It's a nice program, imo. No nasties, low resources, does what I need (I
work in an area that does a lot of interantional buying and selling). A
bit squirrelly to set up and configure, but once you get it set up the
way you want it, it works well. YMMV.
Click to expand...

Thanks Mark. I'll download it and give it a try then.
 
Mark Warner wrote in said:
I don't have that program on this particular machine, so don't hold me
to this... the default installation is to have Sunclock run at startup;
hence, the icon in the systray. I'm certain that can be disabled, and it
can be run. manually.
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It can, move the lnk file from the startup folder to somewhere more
convenient in your startup menu. Unfortunately many program does this,
add to startup and tray, and some without telling. At least this one
is up front about it.

But still, while I liked the program as such, major bad thing is it
offers no option to choose install location! I tried to move the
folders, files and shortcuts to preferred locations after installing
it (and having exited the program), and thereafter edit the shortcuts
and registry keys to reflect the changes (using Regseeker to find
relevant keys), but could not get it to work that way. Did not spend
time pondering why, don't know - maybe I've just missed a regkey or
two, or maybe the program is hard-coded to look for files in certain
locations only (not unlikely, since it is hard-coded to install in
those locations). So even if i liked the program as such, enough is
enough, I removed it.

For now my conclusion is; only way to make it work is to accept the
default install locations, and if moving anything, then only move the
lnk file from the startup folder to a more appropriate location in
your start menu: Then launch it from there only when needed
and exit the program (and the tray menu) from the tray menu/icon
when done.

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen
 
Herbert said:
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You could try World Time Clock
http://www.programming.de/
or
21st Century Earth Clock
http://21stcenturyoffice.com/Earth_Clock_/earth_clock_.htm
(apparently no longer available, according to their website, but still
floating around privately somewhere, I'm sure. Google will help you).

If you want to try the 21st Century Earth Clock mentioned above, I
located a working download link here:
http://www.21stcenturypublishing.com/downloadfiles/EarthClockV1_1a.exe
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Zo
 
Bjorn said:
It can, move the lnk file from the startup folder to somewhere more
convenient in your startup menu. Unfortunately many program does this,
add to startup and tray, and some without telling. At least this one
is up front about it.
True.

But still, while I liked the program as such, major bad thing is it
offers no option to choose install location! I tried to move the
folders, files and shortcuts to preferred locations after installing
it (and having exited the program), and thereafter edit the shortcuts
and registry keys to reflect the changes (using Regseeker to find
relevant keys), but could not get it to work that way. Did not spend
time pondering why, don't know - maybe I've just missed a regkey or
two, or maybe the program is hard-coded to look for files in certain
locations only (not unlikely, since it is hard-coded to install in
those locations). So even if i liked the program as such, enough is
enough, I removed it.
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Pity, but I can understand if you're one of those who install all
programs into a special partition or on another drive. For me, I just
go with the default install location and clone my hard drive.
For now my conclusion is; only way to make it work is to accept the
default install locations, and if moving anything, then only move the
lnk file from the startup folder to a more appropriate location in
your start menu: Then launch it from there only when needed
and exit the program (and the tray menu) from the tray menu/icon
when done.
Click to expand...

Thanks Bjorn. I installed the program this morning and noticed that it
was simply that shortcut in the startup folder. Also, unlike most
other programs that sit in the tray, you access the menu by *left*
clicking on the icon rather than right clicking on it. Also note that
most configuration changes that you make will disappear if you close
the window immediately after you make them. Simply clicking on another
of the tabs in the top row before you close the program window will
make the configuration changes stick.

It's all coming back to me now. I tried this program about a year ago
when I was far less patient and removed it due to the problematic
configuration. However, now that I've discovered the workarounds, it's
really a pretty nice program to have. I really like the moon phase
calendar that you are supposed to be able to print (haven't done so
yet, but I assume it will work.) Also, the link to the online
lat.-long. locator works nicely.
 
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