Really cool - would love to move the Tokyo time and see the other hands move in accordance, to see what 15 there is in my place
That's a great idea! I'll add that tomorrow!
Show HN: Pole Clock, a single 24h clock with multiple timezones
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#122Huh, I built a 24 hour clock as part of this mini project: https://fildon.me/time-after-time/ Notably, after the initial page load I don't use any JS to update the hand positions. It's entirely static SVG elements.
Love the face that includes 7 days! Very minimalistic!
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#123Really cool idea. The Statue of Liberty glyph for NYC is extremely difficult to make out (on mobile, at any rate). I would much prefer NYC. Also not sure why NYC has to be special, I would have thought UTC would the special one.
I think it's more like showing a cool feature than an actual case where it is super useful.
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#124Shouldn't there be two minute hands if you add LA and India (PST and IST)? The minutes are offset by 30 mins in this scenario.
Came here looking for a comment suggesting these discrepancies. I was not disappointed. See also: “Falsehoods programmers believe about time” https://infiniteundo.com/post/25326999628/falsehoods-program...
Hey meaniehead... I added offsets to the hour hands for +30 and +45 timezones!
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#125Instead of dividing by two equal halves day and night, make this dependent on sunrise and sunset of the location, would be helpful to know at a glance the actual day hours and night hours
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#126I've learned far to often that the international date line is not just tinder for expats. Can you put something to indicate the date on the timezones. Something just like your day/night indicator which tells me that on one side of the line is December 31 2022 and on the other side is January 1 2023.
That's a good idea, I guess for now you're forced to add Tonga as a makeshift indicator! It's Tonga time!
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Wowzers I love these one-hand 'slow' watches! https://svalbard.watch/pages/Svalbard_24-hour_watches.html I hope I can get Pole Clock on Apple Watch, wish they allowed custom watch faces!
Oh, those backward watches brings back memories. My dad used to have a big one in his bar, and as a prank tell customers looking at it that they're perhaps too drunk to get another drink. He got me one when I moved out, and I've had it ever since. For some time it was actually hard for me to tell time looking at a normal analog clock.
Just have a drink and it'll work fine!
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#128Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wowzers I love these one-hand 'slow' watches! https://svalbard.watch/pages/Svalbard_24-hour_watches.html I hope I can get Pole Clock on Apple Watch, wish they allowed custom watch faces!
> Apple Watch, wish they allowed custom watch faces! Seriously? Apple does not allow this?
They do not and I've been wanting a 24h analog dial on mine with nothing else for years... Pole Clock's timezone hour hands would be a bonus though!
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#129Two ideas to consider adding to this cool concept: 1. Could there be an option to place 00:00 at the top instead of the bottom? It looks like both positions have been used for analog 24 hour clocks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-hour_analog_dial 2. Could there be an option to set the background to be a polar-projected world map ( e.g. United Nations emblem) that rotates to align with the turning of the hour hands?…
Great ideas! I've added both! Find them in Settings! Enjoy!
The minute-hand seems to be buggy. It seems to take its 0 as top even though the 0 for hours is at bottom. So when I choose midnight-on-top option, it flips and 00:45 time shows the minute-hand in due-east which is completely wrong.
Would also love to see an option to highlight working hours (9am to 5pm?). Those are important markers for most individuals.
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> Apple Watch, wish they allowed custom watch faces! Seriously? Apple does not allow this?
I guess it depends what you mean by "custom watch faces" but I've got 12[1] things that show different variations of clocks and widgets installed on my Watch and the Watch app offers a few more[2]. [1] Activity Digital, Solar Graph, Modular, Infograph, Modular Compact, Liquid Metal, Solar Dial, Unity Lights, Gradient, Pride Woven, World Time, Pride Threads. [2] https://imgur.com/a/A9u4EYr
All too complex, just want 24h analog :'(