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   Last updated: July 25, 2012

Description:

GlobalClockz is a Mac software title that will allow the user to run multiple real-time clocks.  You can run as many as 10 real-time clocks across different time zones simultaneously.  You can also set alarm clocks across different time zones.  Of course, you could use 10 alarm clocks or 10 Macs instead of running one copy of GlobalClockz.

Features:

• Keep track of the time, date, day of the week at more than 200 major cities around the world.
• Run as many as 10 real-time clocks with the date and the day of the week across different times zones simultaneously.
• Keep track of the time at 19 fixed major cities in real time.
• Set and maintain as many as 10 alarm clocks under different time zones around the world.
• Find out which city is currently under the daylight saving time.  (with Version 1.6.0)
• Print out the current time at more than 200 major cities.  (with Version 1.4.1)
• Find out the day of the week for a given calendar day.
• Find out the date and time under one time zone corresponding to a given date and time under another.
• Find out the time lag between two given time zones.
• Find out the numbers of hours and days between two time frames.  (with Version 1.2.0)
• Reverse-find as many cities as there are from a list of 203 major cities in the world that fall in a specified date & hour you set.  (with Version 1.4.1)

Case study 1

It was reported that a strong earthquake hit Turkey at 04:32 AM local time on March 8, 2010.  They say this date and time can be translated into 09:32 PM US EST, March 7, 2010.  Is this time translation correct?

Using WhatFinder, we can confirm that the translated time is indeed correct.  The earthquake that hit Turkey occured at 09:32 PM US EST on March 7, 2010.

Case study 2

We know that it's been more than 50 years since World War II ended.  Exactly, how long has it been?  TCounter shows that it has been 566,016 hours or 23,584 days since the Japanese empire accepted unconditional surrender on August 15, 1945.

Trial version:

A demo/trial version is available.

• Click on the button to download the demo/trial version of GlobalClockz for Mac. 
  

System requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 with PowerPC Mac or Intel Mac for online store version
• Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7 or 10.8 with Intel Mac (Intel Mac) only for Mac App Store
• Internet connection
• QuickTime 7.5 (No Pro upgrade is required.)
• Some features may only be applicable if the format region of the System is set to the United States in Preferences (International > Formats).

Videos:

Quick Overview Video (no audio commentary) QuickTime Video 01: Overall Workflow 1 This QuickTime video covers the basic workflow of GlobalClockz.  The software version is 1.0.2. Duration: 9 minutes 1 second (42.4 MB)   Click on the screenshot to play a movie with no audio commentary       QuickTime Video 02: Version 1.4.1 This QuickTime video quickly goes over the new features and changes that have been available since Version 1.2.0. Duration: 5 minutes 8 seconds (18.5 MB)   Click on the screenshot to play a movie with no audio commentary       QuickTime Video 03: Version 1.6.0 This QuickTime video quickly goes over a new feature available with Version 1.6.0.  World summer allows the user to find out which city is under the daylight saving time. Duration: 3 minutes 22 seconds (16.8 MB)   Click on the screenshot to play a movie with no audio commentary

Purchasing GlobalClockz license:

Version History:

1.7.4 to 1.7.6 (February 28, 2011)

1. GlobalClockz comes with a new application icon.
2. Some windows are redesigned.
3. The audio gain of the alarm sound is increased.
4. Bug fix: The application could crash when the user closed the main window to quit it.
5. Bug fix: The Set button under World alarms flashed on and off for several seconds after the application started up.
6. Preferences: The application will be forced to restart itself when the user closes the Preferences window.
7. Several other minor changes are done.

1.7.0 to 1.7.4 (January 7, 2011)

1. A set of measures is taken to enhance application's compatibility with Snow Leopard.
2. The application will quit itself half a second sooner.
3. World clocks: If no city is selected in the drop-down menu, the clock will be initialized.
4. World clocks: Clicking on a copy button, the user can copy the current time of the corresponding city into the clipboard.
5. World atlas: Clicking on a pin button, the user can copy the current time of the corresponding city into the clipboard.

1.6.2 to 1.7.0 (December 8, 2010)

1. The application remembers the location where it was last closed
2. World Alarms: Clicking on Set Date, the user can pick a date with a virtual calendar.
3. World Alarms: Clicking on Set Time, the user can pick a time with a virtual clock.
4. The user can directly contact the software developer to file suggestions and requests by choosing Suggestions/Requests under the Help menu.
5. A set of measures is taken to make the application fully compatible with Snow Leopard.
6. Numerous minor changes and fixes are made.

1.6.0 to 1.6.2 (April 26, 2010)

1. The application remembers main window's position, where Preferences window will open.
2. Three new cities (Jerusalem, Shanghai, Vancouver) are added under World summer.

1.5.0 to 1.6.0 (March 27, 2010)

1. Changes: Clicking on the Default button under Preferences/Settings will put the application window at the center of the Desktop.
2. A new feature is available. With World summer, the user is able to find out which city is under the daylight saving time.  Click here for more information.

1.4.1 to 1.5.0 (March 15, 2010)

1. World alarms: The alarm schedule list shows areas/cities instead of time zones.
2. World hours: World hours now runs with a progress bar.
3. World hours: Clicking on the Select all button, the user is now able to add all 203 cities to the list.
4. World hours: The print-out result now includes not timezones but areas/cities.
5. WhenFinder: The result will be printed with an area/city instead of a time zone.
6. TLagFinder: The result will be printed with an area/city instead of a time zone.
7. Some minor fixes are implemented.

1.2.0 to 1.4.1 (March 13, 2010)

1. The app name is changed from Global Clockz to GlobalClockz.
2. A new feature is available.  World hours allows the user to create/save the list of times zones and then print the current time under those time zones.
3. A new tool is available.  Reverse-Finder allows the user to find cities that fall in a specified date and hour.
4. World alarms, WhenFinder, TCounter: If one clicks on the up/down meter for the hour, a Help Tag will display the hour in the 12-hour format.
5. Fix: The system clock displays the first hour of the day as 12 AM.  And GlobalClockz should show it as 0 AM.
6. More minor fixes and changes are done.

1.0.2 to 1.2.0 (March 11, 2010)

1. The user will be notified with animation when one of the alarm clocks goes off.
2. The application will make an alarm sound when at least one of the alarm clocks goes off instead of letting each of them make an alarm sound.
3. A Preferences setting allows the user to display world atlas hours in the 24 hour form.
4. DayFinder: The farthest year is set to 2999.
5. WhenFinder: The farthest year is set to 2999.
6. A new tool is available. TCounter allows the user to count the numbers of days and hours between two times.
   
   

1.0.0 to 1.0.2 (March 8, 2010)

1. Fix: The sound on any of 10 world alarms can be turned off/off individually.
2. The user can now enable/disable the alarm sound of all world alarms altogether under the Preferences window.

GlobalClockz is a product of MacHouse.