Is there a way to get more than 3 international clocks in Windows Vista (or later)?
This How To Geek article describes how to add two extra international clocks but I'd like more.
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4With regards to the bounty: It is impossible and the only one who can provide this to you is Microsoft, given that the popup only reads out the clocks you configured and not more than that...– Tamara WijsmanOct 21, 2011 at 23:40
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Question updated to reflect modern Windows OS which can run gadgets (And since it's the same answer for Vista to 10)...– DaveNov 1, 2016 at 15:15
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1It should be pointed out that since Windows 7 they have been discontinued for in favour or Window Store Apps. support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13787/…– DaveNov 1, 2016 at 15:16
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In windows 10, you can use the alarms and clock apps with the Alarms & Clock.
You can add up to 10 clocks.
You can right click these to pin them to your start menu too =)
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1It's now called
Alarms & Clockand pinning to the start menu has some stupid animation that causes latency in viewing... any way to disable that?– nmz787May 5, 2020 at 17:24
Here are the steps:
- Right-click on the desktop
- Pick Gadgets
- Drag a Clock to the desktop
- Hover near the top right of the clock and click the spanner
- Pick your time zone
- Repeat until you have all the clocks you want.
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This does work but none of the available clocks shows AM/PM or day - since I'm in Auckland and want to show London / UTC this isn't very helpful! ;) I'm adding a bounty to see if there's a better way than this - ideally it'd allow extra clocks in the existing status bar popup. Oct 20, 2011 at 19:00
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I'd also prefer the clocks to not be on the desktop if possible. Oct 20, 2011 at 19:07
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Windows 7 supports only two additional time zones. If you want to set up more than two additional time zones, then you will have to install some 3rd party software like this one.
answered Oct 21, 2011 at 12:09
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Hmm, that'd do the job but I hope there's something out there that looks a bit nicer! Oct 21, 2011 at 22:25
I found this freeware app from Microsoft, Microsoft Time Zone, but it requires .NET framework 1.1.
I've got .NET 4 installed but it doesn't seem to work with that, so I'm not sure this is viable on Windows 7, unless someone can suggest a fix.
I found this from this page, but most of the other apps listed look either sketchy, bloated or out of date.
answered Oct 21, 2011 at 22:42
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You can download and install .NET 1.1 manually. .NET 4.0 is incompatible to previous .NET versions, including .NET 2 and 3 which are also incompatible with .NET 1.1 themselves.– RaySep 18, 2013 at 8:17
While it's not a complete answer to your question you may find something of value hiding in the registry at:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\TimeDate\AdditionalClocks
Adding a 3rd entry doesn't seem to provide anything useful but it may well be a step in the right direction.
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The World Clock - Orange desktop gadget, which I think is something to do with Orange France, is another option.
Plus points:
- It looks quite nice
- It's readable
- It's configurable to show 24/12 hour time and analogue/digital.
Minus points:
- It'll only show the day/date on mouse-over.
- GMT / UTC doesn't seem to be in the list, the best option seems to be using a city which is always on GMT (eg Rabat, Morocco).
- You can't configure the labels it has to be a city name.
- It doesn't list the country (this is actually genuine issue for me since I have one friend in Santiago, Chile and one in Santiago de Compostela, Spain!)
- I'd prefer something that sits in the system tray rather than on the desktop.
So overall this is about the best bet, but I am really surprised no-one has written anything better!
answered Oct 21, 2011 at 23:29
I was also looking for an app that can show more than 3 time-zones in the taskbar / tooltip.
I found this nice app, which also happens to be free:
