Nice.
One thing that would be handy would be to encode the settings in the URL. Then people can share a link to this with others who need the same set of time zones (eg, colleagues) and have the time zones already be set up.
Show HN: Pole Clock, a single 24h clock with multiple timezones
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#102Earlier 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?
It shouldn't be surprising, that's very typical of Apple.
Re: Show HN: Pole Clock, a single 24h clock with multiple timezones
#103How can I tell at a glance which timezones have the same date, and which ones are a day behind or ahead? For instance, I can't tell if Tokyo has the same date as NYC or not.
The clock shows 24 hours, and we know that NYC always behind Tokyo; you can just tell this from the arms of the clock.
If it's 7:30am now for Tokyo and NYC is showing 5:30pm, we know that Tokyo is obviously a day ahead.
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#104Before visiting the site, I thought this was a physical device.
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#105Huh, 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.
Re: Show HN: Pole Clock, a single 24h clock with multiple timezones
#106Earlier 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?
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.
Re: Show HN: Pole Clock, a single 24h clock with multiple timezones
#107If anyone wants to wear a 24-hour dial on their wrist: * https://romeoswatches.com/the-5-best-24-hours-watches-buying... * https://svalbard.watch/pages/Svalbard_24-hour_watches.html * https://vintagewatchinc.com/24-hour-watch/ * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-hour_analog_dial#Watches
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.
Re: Show HN: Pole Clock, a single 24h clock with multiple timezones
#108you ever catch a flight from LAX to NEW?
Re: Show HN: Pole Clock, a single 24h clock with multiple timezones
#109Huh, 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.
Oooooooooo, sweep second hands.
Broadcast radio people are _obsessed_ with sweep second hands, since it's how they all learned to time their announcements to end right as the next program segment begins.
If you sold a cheap tablet that did nothing but that, and synced to NTP with a programmable display offset (some stations run 5 seconds ahead of real time to deal with encoder delay, for instance), station managers would beat a path to your door.
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#110Two 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?…
Another consideration might be to switch 24 to 0 or 00. I've seen a lot of 24 hour clocks that use 24 and I'm not sure why this ever happened since there is no time in hour 24. 12:15 AM/PM is a real thing for a 12-hour clock, but 24:15 isn't, as far as I'm aware. Unless some people consider that to be the very first hour of the day, but that seems like it would invite more confusion.
Tangently related, but working timetables on the London Underground run to 2330, 2345, 2359, but then rather than going to 0000, because the post midnight services (until about 0400) are on the previous date, they then go
2359
2400
2401
And on to 2459, 2500, 2501 etc.
(At least they used to before 24 hour running, not sure about now)