Time won't give me time

September 1, 2006 6:55 AM

I want a windows application that can give me international times - I contact people in Europe on occasion - and I don't remember what time it is in Dublin or London. Is there a small app that can do this for me?

I'd put up one of those silly world maps like I'm on rocketboom 1.0, but the only space left in the office is a glass wall that I am sure is taboo to cover up with a large item.

Bonus points if the app sits in my system tray.

posted by EastCoastBias to computers & internet (11 comments total)

I use FoxClocks for Firefox, but it's a wee bit buggy and, well, only works in Firefox.

It just sits in the lower left corner as a little globe icon and when I mouse over, it tells me what time it is in NYC, LA, London, and McMurdo.

The bugginess has to do with display options; your choices are 'little icon you mouseover' or 'line of times along the bottom of the browser' and only the former works.
posted by cobaltnine at 7:00 AM on September 1, 2006

Why not just go here?-
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posted by beagle at 7:16 AM on September 1, 2006

Well, it's not an app but I'll post in case it works for you:
World Clock -- current time in about 150 different cities.
posted by inigo2 at 7:16 AM on September 1, 2006

Put "Time in Dublin" into Google and it'll tell you.
posted by cillit bang at 7:27 AM on September 1, 2006

If you are using Outlook it can show two timezones at the same time. Tools->Options->Calendar Options->Time Zone
posted by Ferrari328 at 8:07 AM on September 1, 2006

We've got a bunch of employees who swear by Horas, from Basta Computing. I haven't used it, so can't necessarily recommend it myself, but they've been using it for years.
posted by JaredSeth at 9:55 AM on September 1, 2006

Qlock is a great Windows app.
posted by BubbleWrap at 9:58 AM on September 1, 2006

Bonus points if the app sits in my system tray.

Try right-clicking your system clock.
posted by dash_slot- at 2:45 PM on September 1, 2006

dash_slot, I'm on the East Coast and I need to see my time zone all the time.
posted by EastCoastBias at 7:15 PM on September 1, 2006

Perhaps one of the features that isn't very obvious from the World Clock site linked above is that you can personalise it so it only displays the cities you care about rather than the 150 most common. You select your cities on this page - http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/setpersonal.html - then click on the (normal version) - then click & bookmark the 'Make linkable version of this personal clock' link

e.g. NY, Dublin, and London would be here http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/custom.html?cities=179,78,136
posted by snoopie at 6:16 AM on September 3, 2006

Thanks, everyone! I appreciate all the answers.
posted by EastCoastBias at 6:46 PM on September 3, 2006