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Date & Time 1.2.1

The Staff — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:31:43 +0000

The latest version of the gadget is an emergency path of the time zones list as a recent Windows update changed the numerical IDs for the various zones.

Recommendations:
• Make sure you have all of your Windows updates installed.
• Download the latest version of Date & Time and install it.
• Go into the gadget settings and change the time zones of your clocks back to where they were.

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Date & Time 1.2

The Staff — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:01:47 +0000

We’re launching a very large update to this popular gadget and when we say big, we mean it. DST support? You got it. Multiple alarms with date options? Bam. Set alarms with your events, no problem. We even tossed in a snooze button for good measure.

Changes:
• Backend rewritten for efficiency.
• DST Support fully implemented.
• Multiple alarms with date options implemented.
• Alarm flyout redesigned.
• Events now have alarm options.
• Snooze button implemented.
• Analog clock options implemented.
• Font size and color options added.
• Added additional date and time formats.
• Fixed timezone list to correspond to specific zones.
• Added title attributes to labels that cut off.
• Added 24 hour time options.
• Added 5 brighter themes.
• Bell icon highlights when alarm goes off.
• Additional date validation added.
• Event upgrade options now delete the old file upgraded from.

Note: If you have clocks set to non-local timezones, you will need to reset them in the gadget. We corrected the time zone list so that everything is no longer being indexed by timezone offset but by it’s numerical code in Windows.

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As with all of our gadgets, please let us know if you run into any problems or have any questions, concerns, comments, etc. We do appreciate them and read all of the comments.

Date & Time 1.1

The Staff — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:48:34 +0000

It’s been quite a while since we built the 1.0 version of this gadget. We’ve learned a lot in the past year or two. For instance: If you build an alarm clock, make sure the shutoff button works. Good news everyone! We have a button that works now and a brand spanking new rewrite to boot.

We’re not kidding, we rewrote the entire gadget to update it and add in more features for people to use.

Features:

Multiple clocks system configurable from the settings panel.
Alarm clock works, custom sound can be configured from the settings panel.
Calendar almost completely redesigned, more event options.
New event options: Color and date re-occurrence.
Day and month event sort for calendars.
Ability to add holidays from an external site list.
Better event checking for the days with events.
Dynamic theme system allowing for multiple clocks set in different formats.

We realize there’s a lot more we can do with this project, so the odds are good that we’ll be revisiting it on and off over time. This update not only provided a ton of new options and new look, but laid the foundation to take this gadget even farther.

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As with all of our gadgets, please let us know if you run into any problems or have any questions, concerns, comments, etc. We do appreciate them and read all of the comments.

Date And Time 1.0

The Staff — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:36:26 +0000

We have a new gadget out today, fresh from the half-cubicle way in the back of the dark room, through the pit, and over the hedge maze. Okay, so I exaggerate a bit, but it really is a half cubicle. in any case, please welcome the newest release, the Date And Time gadget. Guess what it does. This handy little gadget works as a replacement for the calendar and or clock gadgets that come with Vista and includes multiple date and time formats as well as a calendar and events system, and an alarm clock. It also comes with all the lovely skins from System Control.

Now, this is still a relatively basic gadget, so as we get suggestions in, we’ll try to add to it in the future.