CNET Editors' review
Calendars and computers go together like bread and butter. Calendar Magic from EuroSoft is the best program we've seen for applying computing power to datekeeping. It can display virtually any calendar system known to science or history. How many calendar programs offer the French Revolutionary calendar; four Hindu calendars; two Balinese calendars; and Julian, Coptic, Hebrew, Yoruba, Ethiopian, Chinese, Baha'i, Bangla, and many other systems? Or can display Christian, Islamic, Jewish, and other holidays, feast days, and significant dates for any year in any calendar system? And save notes, post reminders, and offer 26 extra utilities that do everything from calculate fuel consumption to recurring decimals to biorhythms? Did we mention it's free?
Calendar Magic is very easy to set up and use; all you really need to remember is the Main Screen button, which returns you to the program's compact, customizable interface. The interface displays personal reminders in its main view, below the date bar, with the (optional) Julian Day displayed above the software's home location, London, England. Since we live elsewhere, the first thing we did was change the Location to the Faeroe Islands. The second thing we did was change it to our real location, which also displayed local sunrise and sunset times when we clicked the button to return to the main screen. This is the typical options setup process, and one we found handy. Though you can access any of the program's calendars, dates, times, reminders, quick notes, or utilities from the File menu, the easiest way to use Calendar Magic is to add the calendars and other features you use most often to the Favorites menu, which we did. Now clicking Favorites opened a brief menu listing just our stuff, such as the Persian arithmetic calendar, special calendar for Luxembourg, Chinese religious festivals, and the regnal date conversion tool for all English and British monarchs; essential, each one.
What else? Well, there's the Alarm Clock, Stopwatch, and Reaction Timer. Password protection. Body mass index, blood alcohol content, ovulation, and pregnancy calculators. Mayan and Aztec Constants. Epochs. The Traveling Salesman Problem. We haven't checked yet, but we're hoping it does the dishes, too. Major keeper.
Publisher's Description
From EuroSoft:
Full year and monthly calendars for 26 different calendar systems. Alternative planning calendars. A month-by-month, side-by-side comparison of any two of the calendar systems. The display remains synchronised as you change day, month and year values in either calendar system being viewed. Date conversions among the supported calendar systems. British regnal date conversion. Lists of Western Christian, Eastern Orthodox, Buddhist, Chinese, Hebrew, Hindu, Islamic, Baha'i and Sikh festivals. "Observed Days" for any year from 1990 for around 230 countries worldwide. "Date Detective" command button to tabulate the weekday on which a specified Gregorian date d/m occurs for each of the years in the specified range y1 to y2. The ability to create, display, update and delete reminders for events (birthdays, anniversaries, meetings etc.). A Quick Notes facility. Alarm clock and stopwatch facilities. A time calculator for performing arithmetic with times. "This is your life" information including day-of-the-week on which you were born, number of days you have lived etc. Number of days between any two dates in the Gregorian calendar. Calculation of the date n days, weeks, months or years before or after a specified Gregorian date, where n is a whole number. Special Julian to Gregorian change-over calendars for various countries. Solar and lunar astronomical data. Shortest (great circle) distances between any two of 18000 locations across the world. Current local time and date in any of these 18000 locations. Some major utilities (big numbers calculator, scientific calculator, expression calculator, geometry calculator, factor calculator, fraction calculator, continued fraction calculator, statistics calculator, number base converter, Travelling Salesman problem, currency converter, financial calculator, ovulation calculator, pregnancy calculator, BAC calculator, BMI calculator, unit converter, magic squares etc).
What's new in this version: Version 18.2:
- ABSI Calculator - added "A Body Shape Index (ABSI) Calculator" based on research done by Krakauer & Krakauer. The authors argue persuasively that ABSI is a better predictor of premature death due to obesity than Body Mass Index (BMI).
- World-wide Locations Database - updated time zone for Libya (now GMT + 1 hour). Based on user input, added various locations in Australia.
- DST Information - updated DST information for Armenia, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Falkland... See all new features
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"A Great Freeware Progrm"
Version: Calendar Magic 17.9
Pros
Easy installation and operation. Works reliably. Nice accessory features. Dazzling array of different calendar formats.
Cons
The event description field is a bit limited; would like room for more characters. Latest version, v18, sometimes gives error message and freezes when I attempt to close program. Would recommend v17 to avoid this.
Summary
A great little freeware program with lots of nice accessories.
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"Good replacement for Microsoft Address book."
Version: Calendar Magic 18.0
Pros
15 pages to save addresses, phone numbers are important notes.
Shows all your scheduled appointments you have recorded on start of computer.
Monthly Calendars are available to view.Cons
No cons that I can think of.
Summary
I downloaded this to replace the address book that Microsoft eliminated from their operating system starting with Windows Vista. The pages can be copied, saved and pasted which prevents loss of information when computer needs repair.
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"Need Calendar,Free Software, Use it."
Version: Calendar Magic 17.9
Pros
Calendar wonderful
Cons
Nothing.....
Summary
Calendar.... Free.......
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"I like it very much!!!"
Version: Calendar Magic 17.8
Pros
So many useful tools in side it
Cons
I inform to my friends
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"The Swiss army knife of calendar software"
Version: Calendar Magic 17.8
Pros
A myriad of tools available for people interested in calendars. Has a very diverse amount of calculator utilities.
Cons
Access to help only available through the main screen not on each screen. Planning calendars are of limited format. Color selection of screens is limited. Reminders are limited. Return to the main screen message not consistent.
Summary
This is an interesting software program designed for people that use more than just a Gegorian Calendar system for dates. A number of different calendars (e.g., Hebrew, various Hindu, Islamic, Farsi, etc.) are available to the user. On installation and first use you are asked to identify the country your in and a town near you to set the time which can be easily changed. Date conversions, days between dates, religious festivals (for a wide variety of religions), and other so-so useful date information is provided (Olympiads, dates of reign for English monarchs).
The variety of the utilities provided is amazing. The calculators are primarily designed for specific use -- although a general scientific calculator is provided. Biorhythm, Body Mass Index, Blood Alcohol, pregnancy, and ovulation calculators are also available and interesting to try.
The help menu is very good, but only available by returning to the main screen which delays computational work. Modifying the color options is very limited. Only grey or a light blue is allowed although individual screens can be changed.
Overall, if you are just looking for a fairly straightforward calendar program or personal information manager -- this in not the one. It is loaded with all kinds of functions and utilities that most users will find novel to use, but not useful for their work. However, if you are doing international work or communicating with people from other countries this calendar program may be very useful for you. If you are interested in comparing calendars from different regions or calendaring systems than this is the software for you. -
"Amazing number of different calendar systems!"
Version: Calendar Magic 17.8
Pros
There are several interesting functions like Biorrythm Calculator, etc.
Cons
Too many calendar systems, a little confusing.
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"An excellent little program"
Version: Calendar Magic 17.7
Pros
If you want a very good calendar program this is it. It simply gets better with age. There are so many different calendars. Also so many different calculators.
Cons
None so far.
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"Nothing that can't be fixed."
Version: Calendar Magic 17.7
Pros
It do mostly what I need for it, and much more
Cons
Maybe a popup option would be nice for ugent reminders.
Summary
I absolutely got more than what I bargained for. But I am very forgetful and would have loved a pop-up reminder, (something small in a corner on the computer) that I could set until a certain time of the day, that can remind me to do stuff.
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"Name should be "world wide calender""
Version: Calendar Magic 17.7
Pros
Calenders in all forms--and religions. Not all sizes though.
With a lot of calculator stuff, and a nice reminder, and clocks
worldwide and alarmCons
I had hoped for a program with different printable calenders, and one to stay on top of screen. This is not it.
It can not be set to startup at Ur choiceSummary
A interesting program--and for those who need a lot of calculators
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"A really good stand-alone program."
Version: Calendar Magic 17.7
Pros
Lots of options.
Cons
Cannot synchronize with any online calendar.
Summary
Good-I use it as a backup for online calendars.





