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Hearsay

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absolute (rather than relative) time zone
« on: September 21, 2018, 03:48 AM »
I saw this suggested Advanced time format on Reddit for displaying 2 clocks (https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/6ciq5z/display_2_clocks_in_task_bar/):

W-5:nn              HH:nn\ndd.mm.yyyy    dd.mm.yyyy\n"    UTC            UTC+5"

But it's based on relative time zone. If you travel and have to change time zone, your extra clock's time will be in the wrong time zone.

I would like to show the current time zone plus an absolute time zone (i.e., one that doesn't change when I change the system time zone). I can't see any way to do this in the T-Clock help file.

Any ideas?

Thanks

WhiteTigX

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Re: absolute (rather than relative) time zone
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2018, 08:33 AM »
unfortunately, it's currently not possible to use UTC (absolute) offsets.
Those relative offsets are all it can do for now. (and they only adjust the hour, not the displayed day / any date format)

Here's a feature request regarding UTC: #154
I might consider to implement it soon though... after the next final release and without the format rewrite I had planned... but I guess one more format shouldn't hurt that much :P (and it's taking me way to long to do anything anyway)
My latest release of T-Clock Redux can always be found here, on my Github releases page

Hearsay

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Re: absolute (rather than relative) time zone
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2018, 12:39 PM »
Thanks for the clarification. That would be a great feature to have. Thanks for considering it!

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