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Microsoft Time Zone answers the "what time is it where you are" question

by Tris Hussey on March 14th, 2007

PYW friend Amit blogged a free tool from Microsoft that lets you quickly see what time it is in five different time zones.  Since the U.S. & Canada have thrown the world a curve ball by starting daylight savings time this past Sunday, remember what time it is in the rest of the world is just a bit more complicated.

This free tool called Microsoft Time Zone runs as a tiny icon in your system tray and allows you to watch the current date and time of upto 5 cities around the world simultaneously.
Source: A World Time Clock for your System Tray from Microsoft at Digital Inspiration

If you’re using Vista you can display two additional timezones to your own without any extras.  Why, pray tell, more folks haven’t pointed this out is beyond me, but it’s so, so easy.

1. Right-click on the status bar and select Adjust Date/Time
2. Click the Additional Clocks tab
3. Click the tick boxes for “Show this clock”, select timezone, and name it.
4. Click okay

Now when you mouse over the time your time, the date, and these additional clocks will appear.  Pretty spiffy, eh?

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