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World Time Alarm Clock for Windows

Are you looking for a sophisticated desktop world time clock / alarm clock / time zone converter for your Windows desktop - flexible, accurate and customizable? Look no further, you have found it! Sharp World Clock is a feature-packed, state-of-the-art time zone clock and alarm clock software, using the most recent Microsoft programming technology (.Net / WPF). It is intuitively, enjoyably and easy to use. Over five years of development have gone into this program. Download the free trial version right now and join thousands of satisfied users all over the world!

Unique Features

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Time zone / daylight saving data are automatically kept up-to-date with Windows Updates
Alarm Clock with unlimited single / count-down / recurring alarms in daily / weekly / monthly / annual intervals
12 hour (AM/PM) or 24 hour time display in any way you like, in any language; Display an unlimited number of resizable analog and digital clocks on your desktop, for any city or time zone you like
Spoken time, spoken messages, realistic chime (gong) sound on the hour and on the quarter, optionally with spoken time
Apply an adjustable shadow (dimmer) to clocks a)Out-of-Office (adjustable for every location), b)during the Night (after sunset), c)before 6 AM and after 6 PM or d)after Noon (12 o'clock in the daytime)
Intuitive Meeting Scheduler: see at one glance, when best to schedule a telephone conference across several time zones
Resizable Sticky Notes with configurable colors and fonts - always just a mouse click away, to write down simple reminders
Weather Report for each city and location for the current day and for the next four days, with day / night icons
A sophisticated tool and a toy at the same time Customize the presentation in a thousand different ways!

Sharp World Clock - world time clock and timezone converter with alarm clocks Screenshot
Background transpa-
rency is adjustable

A date label and a Sky Strip (shows the position of the sun in the sky) can be attached. Horizontal row of eight digital clocks:
Screenshot
Another example configuration with country flags and "gloss" effect attached (24 hour time format) - only city and time labels
The corners are now configured to be integrated and the margins are removed

City Selector

Clock Designer

Settings

Timezone Converter

Feed Reader

Sticky Notes

Weather Report

Alarm Clock

Alarm List

Alarm Popup

Alarms can be silent, with sound or read aloud (your message is read by a naturally sounding computer voice); alarms can be edited before and after the scheduled time.

Feature Summary

Any number of resizable clocks you need, in a line (horizontal / vertical) or grid arrangement or single
Fully transparent background with no surrounding rectangle (adjustable transparency)
Undock Clocks from the main window and arrange them anywhere; redock them if you need to
Fully customizable, huge city database with every Time Zone and every Country in the world, search function included
Show the time on resizable analog and/or digital clocks
Choose from a variety of Date / Time Formatters or create your own time format in your own language or in any language; use 12 hour (am/pm) mode or 24 hour (military) mode
Select any Color (solid or gradient) or Background Image (stretched or tiled) you like for the clock faces; you can change the provided presets or create your own from scratch
Choose different Fonts and Font Sizes for city labels, digital clock and the numbers on the analog clock faces
Select from 9 different hour / minute hands and 9 different second hands for the analog clocks
Realistic, soft shadows for the clock faces, the clock hands and the labels (Windows Vista / Windows 7 only)
Integrated World Map with time zones, earth shadow and the sun's position plus zoom view with Country Borders
Realistically sounding Chimes (sound signals) on the hour and optionally every quarter (church bell / grandfather's clock style)
Accurate Sunrise, Sunset and Moon Phase calculation (no internet connection required), even for the polar zones!
Integrated Alarm Center with unlimited alarms (local time zone or any other time zone (once, hourly, weekly, monthly, annualy, periodic timers plus count-down timers), silent or with sound in wav, mp3, wma or mid format; even spoken messages!
Sticky Notes with configurable sizes, colors, fonts and font sizes - always just a click away
Always up-to-date Daylight Saving Time database, updated with Windows updates (you do not have to update the program ever to stay up-to-date!)
Global, configurable Hotkeys to hide and show the program window, to power off your monitor(s) during work breaks and to eject your disk drive with a key combination
Display the local time or UTC offset and a "daylight saving" indicator (*) for each city in the upper left corner of the clock faces and an AM/PM indicator in the right corner
Check for precise atomic time with a list of NIST servers on the internet and set the system clock accordingly

Speaking Time on the hour, on the quarter, every 5 minutes or even every minute
International Country Flags of all countries on top of the clock faces (optional)
Optionally "gray out" clocks (apply a dimming effect), which are outside of the Out of Office time span (time span can be set for each clock individually) or alternatively during the night (after sunset and before sunrise) or after noon (12 PM)
Unmovable mode and Click through mode, to use the program as a desktop background
Temporarily adjust the time of all clocks within a +/- 12 hours time span (5 minute grid) with a trackbar, so you can instantly and intuitively see the time in other cities for any selected time!
Unique Artifical Sky feature (graphical representation of the day/night sky) for every clock, showing the position of the sun on the horizon (switchable for northern or southern hemisphere)
Add new cities, edit existing cities or delete cities; add a web link and a text note for every city
Auto-sort clocks by time zone or by city name; Optionally change the clock order by drag & drop within a list view
Easy-to-use RSS/Atom Feed Reader with search function: Keeps you in touch with your favourite News Feeds (editable collection of news sites included)
System Tray (Tray Icon) mode and variable Always On Top option
Time Zone Converter - convert from one time zone to another easily, for any given date and time
Meeting Scheduler - arrange telephone conferences easily and intuitively across several time zones
Weather Report for the current day and the next four days, for every included city - with animated weather icons
Dialing codes for phone conferences, ISO codes
Export / Import function to save/backup and transfer all your settings and restore them again later
Ready for Multi-Monitor-Environments and Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 (32 bit and 64 bit)
Easy and intuitively to use and to configure: you'll probably never need the help files.
Excellent stablilty and accuracy. No internet connection required during normal use
Check out the fully functional Trial Version for 15 days - and if you like it, buy your key; One license is valid for two of your personal computers
No subscription fees and free updates for life!

Examples

One-time Alarm - Set an alarm for tomorrow 3 PM New Delhi time (call someone there) - the time zones are automatically converted
Count-down Alarm - Set a reminder in 5 minutes or half an hour..., to get something done in the kitchen
Hourly Alarm - Set a reminder every hour (plus x minutes, if you like) or, for instance, each day at a certain time (take your medicine)
Weekly Alarm - Set a reminder each Monday...Friday at 5 PM (finish work) or each Sunday 7 PM (watch a TV show)
Monthly Alarm - Set a reminder each 1st of the month (or each last day of the month in reverse mode), to do some important job
Annual Alarm - Set a reminder at a specific date each year, for instance a birthday (plus an optional warning 1..10 days before)
Periodic Alarms - Set an alarm every half hour, every 10 minutes etc (any interval 5 seconds .. 24 hours) - can be limited to 2..100 runs

CNET editors' review

Reviewed twice by CNET staff and awarded 5 Stars (best rating: "spectacular") both times

It's a small world, unless you're the one who sets the clocks. Years ago, keeping track of the time around the world meant a row of wall clocks with labels like "Leningrad" and "Peking." Things are easier in this century, and it's easy to keep track of the time in Beijing or Kalamazoo, Mich. But those who need to track multiple time zones simultaneously still face more of a challenge. That's where tools like Sharp World Clock step in.

Unlike many desktop clocks, it's shareware, though it's free to try for 15 days. But it's hard to find comparable freeware that can track multiple analog or digital clocks in customizable configurations, let alone as capably. Sharp World Clock Version 5 offers many new features, including automatic updates of Daylight Saving Time, independently undockable clocks, Aero effects, an Alarm Center, and extras such as Sticky Notes, Weather Report, News Feeds, and Spoken Time.

When we tried it, Sharp World Clock's semitransparent main window displayed eight docked analog clocks set to major cities around the world. A Help feature controlled by a handy, tiny toolbar at the bottom edge of our screen opened when we ran the program for the first time. The Quick Start page makes setting up Sharp World Clock very easy: simply select a city or other location, and the program's Time Zone Calculator does the rest. You can also select a location on a Daylight Map or directly enter latitude and longitude. The Clock Designer tab offers tons of choices in a nicely designed layout with clean graphics - something we can say about the rest of this program's layout and design choices, too. For example, sliders let us quickly resize our clocks as well as their international flag displays. A System Tray icon accesses a comprehensive menu of Sharp World Clock's settings and features.

Despite its many options and extras, Sharp World Clock is extremely easy to use: Simply right-click any clock face to undock it, customize its look, change its settings, and access extras like the Feed Reader and others. If you need to track time around the world, try this tool.

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Praise for Sharp World Clock

Sharp World Clock is being used by thousands of satisfied private and business users (including many big companies and organizations). I guarantee that the statements below are from authentic reviews by registered users of this program:

»Great world timer for the traveller. I downloaded about 5 programs and found it to be the best. Easy to use; clear and concise.«
»The clock app that I like better & better with time. Great attention to detail. Subtle features that keep enhancing value of clock, but clean simple, reliable interface.«
»Best product of its type I could find. Visually appealing and very user friendly: I like the fact that you can select the clocks you want, customize the presentation, and all clocks are managed in one single user interface.«
»Very easy to set up, very functional, easy to use and look at. The only clock I found that utilizes daylight savings correctly for the regions I need. Brilliant stuff. The best clock available, absolutely no doubt.«
»This is a sophisticated tool - but totally intuitive to set up and use. The whole design has been well thought out through. This is an example of "excellence". I have never seen such an elegant and useful international time tool. I downloaded (and uninstalled) plenty of others before I found this one.«
»I did my research - this is the best one out there.
The time converter is indispensable for planning phone conferences. The program is fast, visually pleasing and quite customizable. The moon phase thing is a nice extra. Great job - thanks!«
»Amazing Clock Application! Best I have ever used. Tons and tons of customization features. As many clocks as you wish and how you wish to make them look. Weather is included. Looks professional, clean and sharp. Easy to reference, edit, and customize. I need access to several world time zones at a glance with my work. This application is perfect. Easy to see and reference. I love this application.«
»This is an excellent program, it does what it says.
Easy to customise, easy to use, intuitive program that is pleasing to the eye and very useful.«
»Very flexible, aesthetically pleasing. Unlimited clocks, digital, analog or both. Three alarms. Calendar. Time zone converter.
Large number of locations programmed for selection or you can set up any location you want. There's a visual display of the day or night sky on each clock that turns out to really be quite helpful. The clock faces can display country flags, which is neat. A world map. Everything is selectable and adjustable. Very easy to use. Really a nice program.«
»Excellent! Beautifully designed! Beautiful display, very customizable. Editable DST rules. You can taylor the clocks to look just as you please. There is a nice world map showing sun lit areas.«
»This program is well done and very useful. I am glad that I downloaded it. I enjoy using this program every chance I get.«
»Attractive and functional world clock. Very attractive design; I like the options for personalizing the display. Handy to have clocks for several cities displayed at once. I looked at several options before deciding to go with this one.«
»Very good value, excellent display, easy to customise and serves its purpose exactly.«
»It's not often that you find a program that far exceeds your expectations. This one does. There is nothing left out, no holes, no bugs. It has features you'd never think of yet are invaluable when dealing with clients or friends in different time zones. It is easily worth twice the price; you won't be disappointed! Microsoft could take a few lessons from the creator of this program...«
»It is aesthetically pleasing in every way. It is customisable and simple to use and has everything a desktop clock needs and more. Save yourself time and stop looking......its the best, believe me.«
»Outstanding: great looking, highly functional. Exactly what I needed - one click to see the cities I want. Highly configurable, reasonably priced. Excellent support from the author.«
»The perfect clock for amateur radio operators. The clock configuration and view of the sun for each clock is perfect!! In my opinion this is the best visual clock I've ever tried and I tried at least 6 others. Great product and GREAT service!!«
»Excellent software, wipes out any competing software, keep up the good work!« (a registered user via email)
»Fabulous Product. Very easy to read - love the ability to set the colors & background displays as I choose. Easy to edit and add or remove locations. I absolutely love my Sharp World Clock. It is always visable on my desktop enabling me to keep track of my local time in the states as well as the time of a friend in London so we can Skype & IM. I registered several years ago. Trust me....this desktop clock will remain a part of my desktop for a very long time!«
»Best clock program I have seen & worth for money spent. Nice interface & easy to customize; It has 34 preset faces to choose & almost everything is adjustable according to need. Time offset of other cities from local time is very useful. Graphical sky interface gives an easy visualization of other cities. Compared to other similar products its interface is attractive. Both analog and digital clocks can be set. There is no limit to the number of clocks. Time zone converter is provided. A graphic sky can be attached to the clock face - this is not seen in similar other products. Lots of other functions provided. I strongly recommend to try it.«
»I checked out quite a few sites, but this one stood out by far, because it's very good looking, highly customizable, powerful and trustworthy being 100% clean and tested. In short, nothing short of excellent. Finally, the author Mr. Johannes Wallroth is also very courteous, helpful and responsive.«
»Most of my customers are in other countries. I also have several sales people that are scattered over the USA. Sharp World Clock helps me keep up with time of both. I love it!.«
»Reliable, easy to use, lots of features. It is really one of the best in the market. You just have all in one: calculating time zone, multi-use alarm and every day remainder. Using it every day.«
»Great program with many as yet unexplored options - and I've been using it daily for over two years. With every new computer, Sharp World Clock is one of the first programs I install. Well worth the money, especially with free upgrades for life.«
»This is a feature rich and mature piece of software which I've been using for almost three years. I'm an engineer with appreciation for detail and this product provides a simple interface with layers of superb detail which allows me to configure precisely as I want. World Clock takes care of summer and winter savings time by applying the appropriate rules at the exact change over times - I dont need to concern myself with that detail. If you have a requirement for knowing local times around the world, this is the best software product available, I tried all I could find before settling on this and it's never let me down during the past three years..«
»I like it's many ways to customize it, the looks and the overall functionality, I have for an example 10 clocks on my desktop showing the time of my friends all over the world customized the way I want them. I have many DJ friends around the globe and I've always had the problem that I didn't know what their local time was. I tried many different so called world clocks but nothing as good as the Sharp World Clock. Very easy to configure and good looking app. Much recommended!«
»Features galore and they are just awesome. I am in the FOREX market, this clock makes my life considerably easier for the different time zones conversion I deal with. The support is speedy and very to the point. Thanks Mr Wallroth.«
»The Sharp World Clock takes care of my needs perfectly. I email or call people halfway around the world very often, so the night sky feature lets me know at a glance if I am calling too early or too late. Highly recommended even if you just call nationally from coast to coast. «
»I have been using this for many years, it is practical and colorful. Free updates forever and great customer service. Highly recommended. Just love the product.«
»I've used it for 4 years. Highly flexible and customizable, yet menus are easy to understand and use. So much people want every bell & whistle imaginable, which wouldn't necessarily make this better. Technical support is the BEST!«
» The product is top of the line for what it is intended to do. I have used other world clock programs but this one is tops in terms of look and feel, functionality and general usage. Just having it on my desktop gets people interested since so many people often need to know what time it is in other parts of the world. Conducting world-wise business, this at-a-glance look for world time is exactly what I have been looking for.«
» I travel a lot and have been using the Sharp World Clock for several years. It helps me avoid those calls when you have to say "Oh sorry, I forgot the 9 hour time difference..." Keep up the fine work - I don't know what I'd do without it. If you avoid a single embarrassing call that wakes someone in the middle of their night, it is money well spent. Stop looking for something free because you'll get exactly what you pay for. This is the BEST!«
»What has impressed me most about this product is the integration of both functionality and elegance, with no apparent "trade off" between the two. I've tried so many world clock programs and none have come close to this one. It's not just visually appealing either; the sound files (the chimes in particular) are hauntingly realistic. Highly recommended.«
» I can not imagine a feature you would want in a clock app that is not included in Sharp World Clock. It makes other clock programs look dumb. Version 5 has outdone itself. I like to trade on world markets like forex and I use this program to remind me when markets are opening or close. That is super easy with alarms and office hours. I can only think of about 100 other reasons to use it. If you need an app for even one other time zone I wouldn't bother with the others, I did and this is the one I was looking for. It is fun to configure and is really sharp.«

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» Version History

5.86 - Bug fixes and improvements
- Fixed the "Time Zones" (virtual locations) list in the city selector, which was accidentally disabled in a prior version
- "Atomic Time" synch function: unresponsive servers are now correctly ignored; Added progress indicator; Clock Setter executable is now digitally signed
- Alarm messages can now have line breaks (the Add / Edit Alarm button does not catch the return key anymore)
- Corrected the time zone for Puerto Ayora, Ecuador
- Import / Export function: "Cities" and "Countries" are now unchecked by default, to avoid overwriting fixed files with older versions.
5.85 - Minor update: new feature and bug fix
- Added an option to select either local time offset or UTC offset for the label in the upper left corner of the analog clocks
- Added UTC offset to the clock tooltips and help tooltips to the design section of the Edit dialog
- Added the country to the cities for the "Time Zones" table
- Fixed time zone info for the Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Panama and Haiti
5.84 - Minor update
- Improved compatibility with Windows 8 final
5.83 - Bug fixes
- Fixed: changing flag size or padding would also change the clock size in a one-column layout
- Fixed: clock size increased by 2 on every program start, when a one-column layout was set
- Fixed: time zone info for Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and the Falkland Isles
5.82 - Minor update
- Fixed an incompatibility with Windows 8 (RC). Sharp World Clock should now run fine on Windows 8.
5.81 - Minor update
- Fixed time zone for the Dominican Republic
- Fixed a bug: confirmation dialog on closing a clock showed an incorrect text message
- Weather report uses the default proxy settings now, if a proxy is configured
5.8 - Minor update
- Added "Shadow" checkbox in Clock Designer section (below the font selectors), to optionally re-enable the drop shadows for the labels, which were disabled in version 5.79. This checkbox works globally for all clocks, not just for the selected clock. It applies to City/Date/Time labels as well as AM/PM and Offset labels in analog mode.
- Fixed a small layout bug: for single clocks in digital-only mode the "Gloss" effect would overlap the clock rim, if enabled.
5.79 - Minor update
- Flag size trackbar is now correctly hidden, when there is no flag available (for virtual locations/time zones)
- Added explaining help text to the time format list (Clock Designer section), changed its colors and renamed it from "Documentation" to "Date / Time Lookup Table" (some users did not realize this was no control, just a lookup table)
- Added help text over the "Ctrl Mode" selector, for single (undocked) clocks
- Removed drop shadow from the city / date / time labels, to improve the performance on slower computers
- Fixed small bugs in the Sunrise / Sunset section and in the font selectors
5.78 - Minor bug fix update
- Fixed update module / file downloader, which did not work / worked slowly for many users
5.77 - Minor update with new feature and bug fix
- Added "Past Transitions" to the (daylight saving) "Transitions" table. Switch between upcoming and past transitions with a link.
- Fixed a small layout bug in the Countries / Time Zones / Transitions tables (table was partially hidden in the lower part).
- Fixed a bug, where the position of the clock was not correctly restored, when a "one-column" layout was selected
5.76 - Minor bugfix update
- When setting a time zone with a greater UST offset than the computer's UTC offset, a crash would result in the sunrise / sunset module because of invalid sun data. Solution: disabled calculation and display of sunrise / sunset data for virtual (time zone) locations. Also disabled ("n/a") latitude and longitude display.
- Fixed a bug that could result in a crash, when trying to clone a single (undocked) clock.
- Fixed a bug that could result in a crash in the font dialog, when an invalid font was selected.
- Small improvement: when changing a font size inside the "Select Font" dialog, it will now have an effect (within the limits of the track bar) and will not be ignored.
5.75 - Minor update
- Fixed display of UTC time in the Time Zone Calculator ("Convert from..." box): UTC time is now correctly updated when the city changes.
- Clock window corners are correctly updated when all but one clocks are removed.
- Confirmation dialog text changes, when last clock in main window is about to be removed.
5.74 - Minor update
- Improved tooltip design and behavior.
5.73 - Recommended update with bug fixes and improvements
- In the Time Zone Calculator dialog the labels for the time zones and the daylight saving information are now correctly updated for the destination city and the target city, when the date/time pickers are set; they do not just show the current UTC offset / daylight saving status anymore, but for the target date/time instead.
- In the Live Time Shift (same dialog) the minutes can now be set with or without a 5 minutes grid.
- The dimmer has a new configuration option: "Dim before 6 AM and after 6 PM"
- Fixed time zone for Panama
5.72 - Minor update with new design options
- The hour marks in the analog clock can now be rectangles, circles or triangles. For the minute marks: circles can be set, instead of rectangles. Unified style selection for numbers (number picker instead of checkbox).
5.71 - Minor update with interface optimizations
- In the 'Select City' part of the Edit dialog the 'New' and 'Edit' buttons have been replaced with 'Add' and 'Edit' link labels, like in the Design/Preset section. Some users were confused about the function of these buttons, so it seemed better to make these rarely used functions less visible.
5.7 - Major update with usability improvements
- Clock windows can now be resized simply by dragging the handle in the lower right corner (appears on mouse-hover)! The track bar in the Edit dialog can still be used though.
- The old "Layout" track bar was replaced with numeric pickers for Rows and Columns, which should be more intuitive for new users.
- Bug fix: when editing a one-time alarm that was set for a foreign time zone (inserted after converting to local time), the selection was shown for the foreign time zone, but the time picker for local time
5.6 - Major update with new features
- The dimmer has new configuration options, additionally to the "out-of-office" hours: dim from noon until midnight and dim during night time (after sunset and before sunrise).
- The dimming can be disabled for a single (undocked) clock, which is especially useful when using such a clock as an "anchor" or replacement for the desktop (sidebar) clock, where a dimming effect would not look good.
- Added new option "Integrate Corners" to the Settings->Miscellaneous section. This allows you to remove the rounded corners from the clocks within the clock array. Only the four corner clocks keep rounded corners. Especially along with the option "no margins" this looks very elegant.
- Added help tooltips to the checkboxes and drop-down-menus in the Settings->Miscellaneous section.
- When using the Live Time Shift function in the Time Zone Calculator, the dimming effect will now also be updated correctly

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5.53
- When the clock resumes from hibernation (power-down state), it gets a notification from the system and searches for missed alarms now, so especially alarms with no specific time will go off correctly when the computer is not shut down, but only put to sleeping mode overnight.
- Selecting a design preset will not overwrite the "Anchor Mode" anymore, so a clock used as an anchor does not have to be set up again, after a different design preset has been selected.
- The tool tips on the clocks stay for 10 seconds now, not just 5.
- Activation now works through a proxy server (using the settings from Internet Explorer).
- Some minor design improvements and code optimizations.
5.52
- The sky strip on the clocks updates each minute now instead of each hour.
- Also the sky strip will be updated correctly on Live Time Shift in the Time Zone Calculator.
5.51
- Office hours for new clocks are now applied instantly and not only on the next full minute.
- New: the sunrise and sunset times are now displayed in the tooltip (like they were in version 4), plus some other small improvements.
5.5
- Font size for AM/PM label and Offset label can now be changed (can improve layout when long city names are in use, causing the font size of these lables to be too small in proportion to the other labels).
- Bug fixes: an undocked clock is now correctly set to the default Ctrl Mode "Hide with other Clocks" and the topmost mode of the main window is not being restored instantly, which could make the undocked clock inaccessible at first.
- Fixed a bug in the design section: after closing the dialog without pressing "Apply", design changes would also be applied to a clock (was only visible after a program restart).
5.49
- Added an option to temporarily deactivate all upcoming alarms and chimes in the Alarm Center.
- Added a confirmation dialog to the "Click through" menu item in the tray icon context menu.
- Corrected time zones for Ecuador and Colombia.
- Fixed a bug in the alarm center for periodic alarms and minor design changes.
5.48
- The chime sound and the "speak the time" function can now be limited to work only within a defined time span.
- The computer voice can now be selected by the user, separately for the "speak the time" function and the alarms, if "Speak Text" is enabled.
- Fixed a bug in the alarm center: an alarm could be put into the alarm popup cue repeatedly, instead of one time only.
- Several minor enhancements.
5.47
- Added a (separate) volume knob to the "Speak the time" function in the Alarm Center, also volume changes for the chime sounds can now be monitored during playback.
- Fixed a bug that let the program crash if the Weather Report was aborted before a weather feed was loaded.
- Some minor bug fixes and enhancements.
5.46
- Fixed bugs in the Alarm Center: a playing (long) sound file is now stopped when alarm popup is closed.
- Passed alarms that are edited and put back on schedule will now fire correctly.
- Time picker in the "Count down" alarm section now shows correct time format.
- In the Weather section: When the "Show all Cities" checkbox is toggled, the current city remains selected and will not be replaced by the first city in the list anymore.
- Fixed a bug in the "Solar noon" function, which could cause a .Net exception for specific cities (Tuvalu), when the edit dialog was opened.
- Edit dialog icon is not showed in the taskbar anymore.
5.45 - Changed weather report display: night symbols are now only showed for the current day (if target city has night time), not for all days of the forecast. Patched the bug fix of version 5.44 - now it should work in any case, even on old installations (do not import an old city file after the update).
5.44 - Fixed a bug: clocks supposed to show user defined cities could show other cities instead. Minor improvements: when the "Select City" tab is left without applying the selected city, a message box pops up to confirm. Balloon tip in taskbar is now hidden for registered users. In the "Presets" selector, the zero selection selects the original design now. Added and changed some design presets. Confirmation on docking a single clock.
5.43 - Last selected cities (also the check state of "Show all Cities") in the Time Zone Calculator are now saved and restored, also added "Find City" buttons to that form; labels now have rounded corners. Updated changed country flag for Libya. Added "Find City" button to the weather report dialog; Minor design fixes.
5.42 - Fixed a few small bugs in the Transitions table and the Time Zones table and generally for the display of daylight saving information, especially for countries that do not apply it anymore (Russian Federation, Morocco...). Added new functionality to the Transitions table: clicking a time zone switches to the rule details on the Time Zones table. Added "Speak the Time" for an interval of every half hour. Weather report always shows English weekdays now.
5.41 - Fixed a bug with the auto size in the "Live Changes" slider area. Added the time of last observation for the weather report (converted to local time). Optimized the "Topmost" function (did't work on some PCs).
5.4 - Added an online weather report feature (powered by worldweatheronline.com) for the current day and the next four days, for every city or (if city is not included) for every location. Fixed the Transitions table / tooltip - the dates and times of the next daylight saving transitions are now displayed correctly.
5.33 - Fixed a bug in the spoken time function: 12 PM was spoken as 12 AM. Added a manual "Check for Update" link to the "Info about..." dialog.
5.32 - Added new functionality to Sticky Notes: they can now be minimized to the title bar with one mouse click and unfolded again. Also added options for transparency, "Opaque on Mouse Over" (if transparent) and "Expand on Mouse Hover". The info bubble in the tray area disappears after 5 seconds now, regardless of any mouse actions. Window position and size of feed reader is now saved and restored. Fixed a few minor bugs. Added some new, pleasant sounds to the sound library and removed some old, ugly ones.
5.31 - Improved the Sticky Notes function: Sticky Notes can now be resized to only the title bar and they contain a scrollbar, if the content does not fit the window. Added new countries: Aruba and Sint Maarten. Fixed small bugs in the Select City module (Edit / Delete).
5.3 - Added "Sticky Notes" as a new program module. Select "Sticky Note" from the menu, to add a new note; size, colors, font and topmost mode can be configured. Fixed small bugs in the alarm center and in the "check for new version" module.
5.2 - Fixed major bugs: applying a design preset could overwrite the selected city and the office hours settings and dock a single clock to the main window. Changed window positions were not always saved on program shutdown. Added "sweep second" to the settings again (use carefully). Added the "Countries", "Time Zones" and "Transitions" tabs to the time zone calculator, as in the settings dialog.
5.1 - Added a manual atomic time (NIST) server check and adjust function in the settings. Fixed the tray icon menu bug (clicking elsewhere now closes it). Added a "balloon popup", which appears for a few seconds after program startup in the bottom right corner.
5.04 - Fixed bugs in the alarm center: regular alarms did not work properly, weekly alarms could not be set to a specific time. Sky strip is now wider and darker, to make it easier to read. Program updates are now overwriting the city list and the design preset list of users, without interfering with any user-defined cities or presets. Updated time zone info for Guatemala.
5.03 - Fixed bugs in the "out-of-office dimmer" function and the design presets section.
5.02 - Office hours can now be set for several cities at the same time. Added hotkey (Ctrl+F) to the "Find City" button. Renamed the "Columns" trackbar to "Layout". Updated help file, some minor fixes.
5.01 - Fixed the "click-through" function, fixed the UTC offset labels (reversed +/-), the calculation intensive tables in the settings are now computed in the background. Raised limit for clocks in a row from 10 to 20. Changed second hand movement from instant jumping to a real (although fast, to keep processor load low) animation.
5.0 - Written from scratch, using the latest Microsoft technology (.NET 4 / WPF). LOTS of improvements, the most important one might be: updating the time zone / daylight saving information is done by Microsoft now (via Microsoft Update). For all changes, see the included help file. Enjoy!
4.85 - Fixed a bug in the alarm clock: one-time alarms could go off repeatedly. Updated daylight savings information for 2011. Minor improvements. Download version 4.85, if version 5 does not work for you
4.84 - Enhancements and bugfixes: Changes in the Time Format and Appearance sections can now be enabled or disabled separately, so changes made to a single clock are not overridden accidentally. Also city changes to one clock do not affect the Design section anymore. Fixed a layout bug in the preview clock (clock face was not centered when the time format had changed). Corrected the flag for the UK.
4.83 - Fixed a layout bug with the minute marks, changed the office hour shadow default from level 3 to 10.
4.82 - Improved tolerance for imported settings files (from previous versions or with invalid fonts and files); Corrected clock face positioning when a very small size was set; Added some hints to guide new users about adding and editing clocks.
4.81 - Fixed a bug in the export / import function.
4.8 - Alarms can now be set for each city (time zone), not just for the local time zone and the maximum is now 20 alarms instead of 10. Several minor enhancements.
4.7 - The "Office Time" function in the settings can now be set for each city separately instead of just globally. The range for the office time is now much wider. The office hours are now displayed in the mouse-over tooltip, when the "Out-of-Office Shadow" function is activated. The "24 Hours" checkbox in the settings dialog and the checkbox with the same name in the city edit dialog now operate on the same function (in previous versions the checkbox in the city edit dialog only worked on the clock time format, while the checkbox in the settings dialog was operating on the displayed time in the additional functions only). The two options "Columns" and "Size" are now present in the settings dialog also, not only in the "Global" section of the "Edit Clock" dialog. Some minor tweaks.
4.6 - Double-clicking the desktop icon now shows or hides the program window instead of just showing an alert, when the program has already been launched. A registered installation does not check for activation on program startup any more (caused problems for some users), but later, on user interaction instead. Fixed a bug: a new design showed up correctly (during the "fading" phase) only after a program restart. The program directory is no longer used for the backup xml files during the installation phase; this could cause an accessibility issue on Windows 7. Implemented new daylight saving rules for Egypt, Israel, Morocco, Pakistan, Syria and Iran. New "Getting started" dialog, which can also be called later from the menu. Some minor tweaks.
4.55 - Limit of clocks in one row is now 20 instead of 10. Font size can now be changed up to 40 instead of 20. Pressing "Apply" in the "Sort Clocks" tab does not affect clock design anymore. Fixed activation issues on some systems.
4.54 - Fixed (removed) daylight saving info for Perth, Western Australia
4.53 - Fixed settings for Argentina (no more daylight saving). Time zone entries without real coordinates do not show up in the world map anymore. Fixed update of city list and daylight saving list.
4.52 - Bug fix: when "Window Frame" was enabled, it did not show up after a program restart. Added a warning dialog when sliding seconds are enabled.
4.51 - Bug fix for 4.50: city change did not work anymore. Returned to "jumping second" as the default and added warning dialog, when the size of the interface exceeds a certain limit, while sliding seconds are enabled.
4.5 - Major update with new features, improvements and bug fixes: optional "sliding" instead of jumping second hand (clock is updated 10 times/second); Minute hand is now always moving gradually and does not jump on a full minute; Optional minute dash marks (new default) and hour dash marks (can be turned into the old dot marks); Hands are now thinner and show the usual layer pattern: hour, minute second (from bottom to top); Improved resource handling: graphics resources are shared between clocks, saving memory; New program and tray icon. Bug fixes in the preview section: preview clock is correctly resized and realigned when time format is changed; Leading zero is now correctly displayed on the preview clock. Daylight saving information was updated.
4.47 - Bugfix: version info is now correctly updated on Vista systems
4.46 - Fixed a layout bug, which showed up in analog mode, when "hide on startup" was deactivated. Tweaked preview and changed some default settings
4.45 - Fixed a bug which occurred, when a limited user installed the program: versioninfo.xml was missing. Also improved clean-up when program is still running on uninstallation. A "clean tool" is now available, to remove any remaining shortcuts, registry entries and data folders after an uninstallation on a limited user account.
4.44 - Fixed a start-up issue; some minor cosmetic changes
4.43 - Improved start-up behaviour: Window shows up only after the interface is being loaded
4.42 - Fixed a layout bug, which showed up on a one-column small analog clock interface; another small correction on the am/pm indicator position; improvement on the "stick to border" function
4.41 - Added "Apply" button in settings dialog; Removed "current version" limitation in import function; Refinements in positioning of offset time and am/pm indicator on clock faces; Removed the "Initializing..." message
4.4 - Important bugfix: on daylight saving changes, the clocks will switch precisely at the correct hour now. Also fixed related bugs in the time zone calculator.
4.39 - Some minor tweaks: Improved stability when trying to import an invalid settings file; Function "all alarms off" in alarm dialog; Link to online version history in update dialog; Added "West Coast" and "East Coast" to city list; Updated DST list (Israel)
4.38 - Improved stability and self-repair after crashing; odd numbers can be entered as clock size again
4.37 - Fixed offset info for cities having an odd local time offset. Fixed a bug causing the city font size to decrease after a restart.
4.36 - Fixed a bug in the clock tool tip (time offset)
4.35 - Fixed compatibility with Windows 98/Me
4.34 - Fixed auto-update function and check for update once a month is now default
4.33 - Several bug fixes and improvements: cities that are currently used cannot be deleted anymore (which caused a crash before); disabled context menu for preview clock; removed flicker on clock start-up; fixed an issue with the auto-start; fixed "reverse" issue with design preset and office hour time pickers; increased time range for office hours; added some new design presets
4.32 - Reduced height of the edit dialog for use on netbooks with small display sizes. Bug fixes: On Windows XP with Service Pack 3, the "hide after start-up" feature did not work; now fixed. On start-up, the message "Trial period is over" appeared sometimes, although the program was registered.
4.31 - Updated flag for Rwanda; fixed a small bug (clock resizing on start-up)
4.3 - Added optional "Local Time Offset" and DST (*) indicator in the upper left corner of each (analog) clock. Added a "Click through" option to the settings dialog: window will ignore mouse then. Opaque on mouse-over is now optional, when using semi-transparency. Added a "Sort Clocks" tab to the Edit dialog, where you can manually sort the clocks by drag and drop or sort by time zones or city names. Changed hotkey for "Add City" (now "New City") to Ctrl + N. If new cities have been added by a user, they are used by a new installation and not overwritten any more. In the Alarm Clock dialog, alarms can be scrolled into view by clicking the alarm ID on the bottom.
4.2 - You can now set up 10 instead of just 3 alarms, which can not only be one-time or every day, but also every weekday (Monday - Friday), every Monday, every Tuesday and so on.
4.1 - Added sliders to the time zone converter, so you can now temporarily adjust the time of all clocks within a +/- 12 hours time span (5 minute grid), so you can actually and intuitively see the time in other cities at any selected time; You can now "gray out" clocks that are outside a configurable "out of office" time span (default is 9 AM until 5 PM); Improved font selectors
4.02 - Fixed a minor clipping bug in the analog clock display; Updated the help file
4.01 - Improved the performance when enumerating fonts for the settings dialog; fonts are now collected in a background thread
4.0 - Major update: fonts can now be changed, as well as the font size. Settings import does not require manual restart anymore. Several improvements and bug fixes.
3.42 - Fixed a bug, which crashed the program during startup sometimes
3.41 - Fixed bugs in the chime and the time synch. Added a 24-hour checkbox to the settings dialog, for the default time format of sunrise/sunset and the time format inside calculator and alarm clock dialogs.
3.4 - Added optional auto-synch with atomic (internet) time every day or every hour and auto-update. Added more time servers and you can use a custom server. Moved the update and synch functions from the help dialog to the settings.
3.3 - Added global hotkeys for hide/show and monitor(s) power off; bugfixes in the calendar and the export function.
3.25 - When window is set to semi-transparency, mouse-over makes it switch to opaque temporarily.
3.24 - Added a calendar notes section with reminder for annualy recurring events, like birthdays.
3.23 - Chime can now be switched to a single sound in the settings dialog.
3.22 - Added time comparison table in time zone converter. Fixed a flickering bug, which occurred on some machines.
3.21 - Memory usage optimizations, added hotkeys for "Find" and "Add" (Ctrl+F, Ctrl+A) in the configuration dialog.
3.2 - Settings can now be exported to a file for backup and transfer. Sound files can be not only wav now, but also mp3 (new default), wma and mid. Added a "Find City" function, a volume knob for the chime volume and many named time zones to the city list.
3.1 - Custom time format can be in a different language than the system language now. Clock settings dialog remembers its position. Improved reliability of "stick to border" and clock autosize.
3.0 - Major update: configuration dialog has Apply/Close buttons now instead of OK/Cancel. Added user-configurable time format, clock hand shadow and window semi-transparency (optional). Cities are now automatically sorted, according to time zone (optional). After adding a city, the configuration dialog opens itself. New registration process with online activation (old users can get a free update key). Many new design presets. A design preset stays selected in the preset-selector when configuration dialog is re-opened. Some cosmetic improvements. Fixed time zone for Venezuela.
2.16 - Fixed daylight saving settings for Argentina, Israel, Morocco and Pakistan.
2.15 - The fading animation (when you show/hide the program window) can now be deactivated in the general settings
2.14 - Corrected daylight saving for Mexico (differs from the US now)
2.13 - Several minor mainly cosmetic improvements
2.12 - Updated the installer program to download the .Net framework 2.0, if not present. Added the capitals of Australia and New Zealand as default cities.
2.11 - Fixed a small bug - selecting certain colors could cause an exception
2.1 - The feed reader was improved in terms of design and usability, also the included feed list was enhanced. The reader now always displays the first feed in the list first, if possible. Some other small improvements.
2.0 - The new version includes a powerful RSS/Atom feed reader application. This significant new feature, along with the maturing time of more than one year justifies a version number jump.
1.43 - Updated the flag of Georgia
1.42 - Added a "stick to screen border" feature, which works also in multiple screen environments. Fixed a few small bugs in the preview section.
1.41 - There were some minor updates in the city list and in the daylight saving rule list. The main program was not altered.
1.4 - Updates do not erase user settings any more. Country flags in digital mode, second hand (on analog clock) and leading zero (on digital clock) can be deactivated. Design preview shows analog only and digital only mode. Minor improvements and bug fixes.
1.32 - Button to switch East / West added in the configuraton dialog, tool tip bug fixed
1.31 - Info about Daylight Savings added in Tooltip, some minor improvements, borderless mode is now the default.
1.3 - Optional sound signals on the full hour and on the quarter (church bell style) plus several usability improvements. Some of the design presets now include background colors.
1.21 - Fixed a minor bug: resizing the clocks failed under certain conditions
1.2 - The window border can be removed now, the background can have a custom color. The "artificial sky" can be mirrored horizontally, for users on the southern hemisphere. Added a "Settings" dialog. Fixed a memory leak and a bug in the "always on top" feature.
1.1 - Changes in the digital clock date/time formatting, bug fixes
1.09 - Added symbolic representation of time zones in the world map; cosmetic design changes
1.08 - Improved quality of world maps, fixed a bug in the configuration dialog, which failed to show up under certain conditions
1.07 - Added Daylight Saving Time to Perth, Western Australia. Flags on clocks as default. Added flag of Western Sahara
1.06 - Fixed a bug in the city list, flags on clockfaces resize better with the clocks, no favorites are selected by default, always on top state is saved to the registry, city edit now only with right-click on list, sorting is now correct
1.05 - Fixed Lisbon, Portugal UTC offset, added antialiasing to flags on clock faces, message box on favorites selection
1.04 - Fixed a bug in the internet time synch, added more time servers
1.03 - Fixed a bug in the design dialog, optimizations in the design dialog and in the web updater
1.02 - Several minor optimizations
1.01 - Fixed a small bug in the help dialog
1.0 - First Release

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