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Perry Mowbray:
FARR TimeZone

This plugin will display the current time of the major cities from different time zones and up to 50 of your personal favourites.

Thank you to everyone who didn't make fun of the name! (I was a little concerned, wasn't sure if it shortened very well at all  :-[)

Update
2010 12 08 - Version 1.4.2 - Fixes the path bug that became apparent in Win7
2010 07 29 - Version 1.4.1 - Fixes bugs I introduced in version 1.4.0  :-[
2010 04 09 - Version 1.4.0 - Option to check Favourites, interface fixes, future proofing for TimeAndDate.com changes  ;)
2010 04 06 - Version 1.3.3 - Small fix because of TimeAndDate.com's change in their site.
2010 02 08 - Version 1.3.2 - Now supports all TimeAndDate.com languages and up to 50 Favourites!!
2010 01 28 - Version 1.2.2 - Finally realised that TimeAndDate.com dished up time formats based on user's location: Downloader updated.
2009 09 21 - Version 1.2.1 - Fixed the bug that kept the FARR window open for other searches.
2009 09 17 - Version 1.2.0 - Updated to use latest version of FScript.dll (See Here)
2009 09 08 - Version 1.1.0 - Added Custom URL's for "Hidden Locations"
2009 08 06 - Version 1.0.1 - Fixed Chris's AM/PM bug (finally)
2009 05 08 - Version 1.0.0 - Added logging for download problems, but apart from that :beerchug:
2009 04 29 - Version 0.9.6 - Got rid of some silly rubbish I forgot to put out last time  :-[
2009 04 24 - Version 0.9.5 - Added Load Each Launch, fixed width of settings window
2009 04 21 - Version 0.9.4 - Fixed bug with Favourites not setting correctly
2009.03.19 - Version 0.9.3 - Added locale strings, extended Favourites: See Post for details

Key Features

* Display current world times as you type.
* Display up to 50 favourites
* Summer / Daylight Saving Time aware
* Automatic Favourite checking
* Dynamic linking to TimeAndDate.com's webpage
* TimeAndDate carry many more Time and Date features on their website, and is well worth a visit.
Settings
FARR Plugin: TimeZone [Update version 1.4.2]

Default View
FARR Plugin: TimeZone [Update version 1.4.2]

Search Results
FARR Plugin: TimeZone [Update version 1.4.2]

Installation
Download the zip file and extract it into FARR's Plugin directory.

Updating
TimeZone uses dcUpdater, which is pretty straight forward; or unzip the update file over the top of your current installation (the update should keep your current settings)

Version 1.4.2: timezone.zip (731.69 kB - downloaded 1054 times.)

Also available at My Site

Notes
A full readme is included, but it's pretty simple: just type tz to get going...

I had real issues grabbing the data from TimeAndDate.com using xmlhttpRequest: I couldn't get the javascript to cope with the unicode characters. I now use a separate programme to download and parse the data: I think it ended up better anyway, as the data file is stored on disk so startup is quicker.

I've not been able to get this to work with the newer versions of FScript.dll, so stay with the provided version (1.8)  :-\

All comments appreciated, I'm still feeling my way around FARR a little and not sure I'm doing things correctly?

Hope you enjoy it!

mouser:
wow that is COOL  :up: :up: :up:
works perfectly here!

Perry Mowbray:
wow that is COOL  :up: :up: :up:
works perfectly here!
-mouser (March 12, 2009, 06:30 AM)
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Phew!! I'm glad about that  ;)

lanux128:
the search function looks cool. going to try it. :Thmbsup:

I think it ended up better anyway, as the data file is stored on disk so startup is quicker.
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so this can work even in off-line mode? way cool!

Perry Mowbray:
I think it ended up better anyway, as the data file is stored on disk so startup is quicker.
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so this can work even in off-line mode? way cool!
-lanux128 (March 12, 2009, 06:34 AM)
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You'll need a connection to grab the data initially, but after that it's just when the time changes.

We have issues at work and being a local datafile makes the whole thing work there, so I find that aspect of it great.

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