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Clock Preferences

To configure the Clock, right-click on the applet, then choose Preferences. You will be presented with three tabs to change preferences for General, Locations or Weather.

3.1. General Preferences

Clock Format

Select one of the following options:

  • 12 hour

    Display the time in the a.m./p.m. format.

    This option is not shown if your session language does not use the 12 hour clock.

  • 24 hour

    Display the time in the 00.00 to 24.00 format.

Show the date

Select this option to display the date in the applet.

Show seconds

Select this option to display seconds in the applet.

Show the weather

Select this option to display the the current weather forecast at your location. The weather will be displayed as an icon for sunny, cloudy, rain or more.

Show temperature

Select this option to display the temperature at your location.

3.2. Location Preferences

Locations

You can add one or more locations and their local time to be displayed in the Clock. To add a location:

  • Press Add
  • Type the city, region or country name and as you type a list of options will appear in a drop down box. Select a match from the pop-up and the Timezone, Latitude, and Longitude entries will be automatically filled in.

3.3. Weather Preferences

Weather

You can display the Temperature unit in one of the following options from the drop down box:

  • F (Fahrenheit)
  • C (Celsius)
  • K (Kelvin)
  • Default The default display for your region.
Wind speed unit

You can display the Speed unit in one of the following options from the drop down box:

  • Beaufort scale
  • Knots
  • mph (miles per hour)
  • km/h (kilometers per hour)
  • Dm/a (meters per second)
  • Default The default display for your region.
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Copyright © 2009, 2010  Paul Cutler
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2004  Sun Microsystems
Copyright © 2000  Dan Mueth

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