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WorldClock

By Fulvio Castelli Free to try Editors' Rating

Editors' Review

Download.com Staff Feb 27, 2009

Does anybody really know what time it is in another part of the world? They'd better with this clock and calendar application, as long as they don't depend on the Day/Night view.

A small world map atop two digital displays is WorldClock's primary interface, but other views are available. The gist of this utility is to see local time next to the time at some remote locale. You pick the alternate time by clicking anywhere on a world map. It's too bad the map is too small for more than a general area selection. Luckily, WorldClock offers a clickable list of place names to select the second time display.

This utility hijacks your taskbar time display, but does make it simple to change the font, color, position and size of the time. We liked the Day/Night concept: a small map that is supposed to display where day and night areas are on a world map. It's too bad it never worked for our testers. A newsroom-style set of four clocks is available with easily set locations, but we were disappointed we couldn't change that display size. Eight alarms are available, but many preferences cannot be saved with this demoware.

At 4.8MB, it requires more memory than we'd expect for such an app. This standard clock display utility isn't above all the rest, but it is stable and may fill a need for a small number of users.

Full Specifications

What's new in version 5.4.19

Version 5.4.19 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

General

Release April 29, 2015
Date Added April 29, 2015
Version 5.4.19

Operating Systems

Operating Systems Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP
Additional Requirements None

Popularity

Total Downloads 162,071
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Developer's Description

WorldClock is an attractive and easy to use desktop time utility that includes timezone, timesync, calendar, wallpaper and alarm features. Its primary purpose is to get the current local time for any area of the world simply by clicking on a world map. It will automatically determine whether Daylight Savings Time is in effect for the selected area and adjusts the time accordingly.WorldClock can synchronize your PC's clock with one of the many 'Atomic Clocks' available on the Internet. WorldClock also gives you the ability to fully customize the Windows taskbar clock display. In addition to displaying regular time and date information, it also allows you to display current local weather conditions. WorldClock also comes with several Windows wallpaper features that present a wide variety of very useful information. These include: A high resolution day/night world map with the local times of up to 20 selectable cities; an analog clock display with user configurable update frequency; a one to three month calendar; and the current weather conditions for any selected city.

You can also set up to eight alarms active for any pattern of selected days. Alarms can be configured to sound a user selectable wave file or run an application. WorldClock also has a very nice calendar that allows you to set important reminders (with notification) and includes all Canadian and US holidays. And finally, WorldClock can display a series of multiple clock windows that easily allows you to keep track of a large number of cities simultaneously.

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