Today, we look at some of the most useful online services that display the current local time for locations around the world. These world clocks run inside your web browser and require no software downloads or installation.
1. The Honda World Clock sports a very clean and appealing interface though it took a while to load on our browser. It shows you "live local time" of all major cities in the world simultaneously with the country flags.
2. DHL World Clock - A Java based world time clock developed by a logistics company - DHL. Move your mouse pointer over the world map and pop-up boxes will appear, detailing 'live' local times for a selection of worldwide locations. This clock has the fastest response time and also gives a visual idea of the time by suggesting a pattern of night and day on the map. We absolutely love the DHL clock.
3. QLock displays the world time inside a Google map that you can drag, zoom in/out or even switch to a satellite view. That said, the most useful part is the city search feature for those who don't know the location of some city on the globe - just type the name of a city and QLock displays the time of the city on the world map.
4. The World Time Zone Clock divides the globe into a colorful map of time zones - you may confuse that for a static world map graphic but if you look closely, it has the current timestamp. Unlike the other world clocks listed above, here the clock is not updated live but the colored map regions and the date-time lines make it very useful overall.
So bookmark these URLs and use them while planning your next e-meeting. Also make sure that your local computer time is correct because the above services take the base time from your local clock and time zone settings.
Find this article at: http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/01/world-time-clocks-visual-guide-to-time.html
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Reader Comments
QLock is one hour off, worldwide...
Written on 3/1/07 2:15 AM
another good adition to this would be Time Zone Check
one of my favourite ;)
Written on 3/1/07 10:18 AM
Hi Amit,
I am glad that you have put up that DHL world clock. Guess why? DHL is my client :)
Good Job. Keep coming mate.
Written on 4/1/07 12:31 AM
Hi Amit I just love your blog.
Regarding World Clock, I strongly recommend Sun Clock from mapmaker.com. The free Map maker edition is available at http://mapmaker.com/shadowfacts/sunclock6.asp.
This is by far the best World Clock I have come across. Far better than the ones listed in your blog. Try it out
- Sanjay Balram
Written on 15/3/07 1:54 PM