Clock Applet Manual V2.0

Sun Microsystems

GNOME Documentation Project

<docs gnome org>

Dan Mueth

GNOME Documentation Project

<d-mueth uchicago edu>

This manual describes version 1.0 of the Clock applet.

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Revision History
Revision Clock Applet Manual V2.0	March 2002
Sun Microsystems `<docs gnome org>` GNOME Documentation Project
Revision Clock Applet Manual	April 2000
Dan Mueth `<d-mueth uchicago edu>` GNOME Documentation Project

Table of Contents

Introduction
Usage
Settings

Introduction

Figure 1. Clock Applet

The Clock applet displays the time and the date in a panel.

To add the Clock applet to a panel, right-click on the panel to open the panel menu, then choose Add to panel->Utility->Clock.

The applet popup menu for the Clock applet contains the standard applet menu items plus the following additional menu items:

Copy time
Copy date

You can use these menu items to insert the time or date into an application, such as a text editor.

Usage

The Clock applet takes the time from the system clock.

To insert the time or date from the Clock applet into an application perform the following steps:

Right-click on the Clock applet to open the applet popup menu.
Choose one of the following menu items from the applet popup menu:
- Copy time
- Copy date
Point to the location in your application where you want to insert the item.
Middle-click to insert the item.

Settings

To modify the properties of the Clock, right-click on the Clock applet, then choose Properties from the applet popup menu.

Time Format

Select 12 hour to display time in the a.m./p.m. format, or select 24 hour to display time in the 00.00 to 24.00 format.

Default: 12 hour format

Show date in applet

Select this option to display the date in the applet.

Default: selected.

Show date in tooltip

Select this option to display the date in the tooltip.

Default: unselected.

Use GMT

Select this option to display Greenwich Mean Time in the applet.

Default: unselected.

UNIX time

Select this option to display the time in seconds elapsed since January 1, 1970. Developers are the primary users of UNIX time.

Default: unselected.

Internet time

Select this option to display Internet time in the applet. Internet time is based on Biel Mean Time (BMT) as a universal reference, and is the same all over the world. Internet time enables Internet users to synchronize to a common time.

Default: unselected.

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Clock Applet Manual V2.0

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Introduction

Usage

Settings