Configure Windows to Show Clocks for Multiple Time Zones
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Written by
Gregory Scot Collins
Wednesday, 31 October 2007, 8:30 PM
This article has been tested to work with the following products and versions. No guarantee of compatibility, with or without modification, is offered for products or versions other than those listed.
- Windows Vista (Microsoft)
Windows Vista brings improvements to the clock and calendar feature. Aside from being visually more appealing, some functional enhancements were made. Simply hovering over the Taskbar time displays the date (as seen in Screenshot 1), and clicking (double-click is no longer required) the Taskbar time displays the calendar and clock, along with information such as upcoming changes in Daylight Savings Time (as seen in Screenshot 2).
Adding clocks for other time zones
One of the nice-touch improvements that Vista makes over previous versions of Windows is the ability to display up to two additional clocks for time zones other than your own. Use the following steps to set up additional clocks:
- Click the Date And Time category in the Control Panel, or click the Taskbar time, and then click Change Date And Time Settings.
- In the Date And Time dialog box appears, click the Additional Clocks tab.
- Select the Show This Clock check box for each extra clock you want.
- Choose time zone for each selected clock.
- Type a name (up to 15 characters) for the clock.
- Click OK.
Let's assume I'm a business man living in California. I invest in the stock market and do regular business with a company in New Zealand. Prior to Windows Vista, I needed to mentally adjust my local time to the other locations to know when the market was opening and closing, and whether business associates were awake when I needed to contact them. In Screenshot 3, I've set up two additional clocks: one for the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), and one for a New Zealand.
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