Overview of
21st Century EarthClock
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| Help Click on* help on tool bar, then go to content for more program information. |
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| Start The image on the right is first screen you see when you open 21st Century EarthClock. |
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| How do I set the clocks on
EarthClock? Click on* one of the seven clocks buttons near the top of the screen. The cursor will now include an image of a clock. Next click on the dot of the city you want to display on the clock. In the example I clicked on* the first clock, then clicked on the dot for Seattle. The first clock is now labeled Seattle. How do I
enlarge the screen?
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| How can I find the time at a
location? Move your cursor to the city time you want. I moved the cursor to Hong Kong, at the bottom of the screen I see the location latitude, the date in Hong Kong, and the time, see right.
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| How do I select the cities on
the globe? Click on File, on the tool bar, then go to select cities. Clicking on a city will highlight (add blue) the city or remove highlight, see right. All highlighted cities will be displayed on map.
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| To reduce view to a continent click on
one of the continent buttons, see right
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| To see selected city names click on To see time zones click on To see day/night zones click on Time is not correct International daylight savings time notesDaylight Saving Time is achieved by advancing the clock
one hour. Canada: Runs from the first Sunday of April until the last Sunday of October. Areas which do not observe daylight savings time are: Saskatchewan Mexico: Is the same as Canada, see above. Member nations of the European Union (EU) runs from the last Sunday of March until the last Sunday in October. Russia runs from the 4th Sunday in March until the 4th Sunday in September. China which extends across 5 time zones, has decreed that the entire country be placed on Greenwich Time plus 8 hours. Australian time zones
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Click and drag*. Repeat above except keep your mouse button pressed while you move the cursor on your computer screen |