But not all countries' local time differs from UTC by multiples of 60 minutes. See Iran.
Show HN: Pole Clock, a single 24h clock with multiple timezones
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Re: Show HN: Pole Clock, a single 24h clock with multiple timezones
#112Earlier quoted context omitted.
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)
23:59, 1:00:00, 1:00:01 would have been better.
Re: Show HN: Pole Clock, a single 24h clock with multiple timezones
#113If 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
I'm liking the Svalbard ones, but can't find a European retailer?
https://svalbard.watch/pages/where_to_buy_Svalbard_watches.h...
Has one retailer in Germany and another in Italy.
Re: Show HN: Pole Clock, a single 24h clock with multiple timezones
#114Really 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
Re: Show HN: Pole Clock, a single 24h clock with multiple timezones
#115How 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.
Of course, I can calculate. I am not interested in calculating. I am interested in the display just telling me.
Re: Show HN: Pole Clock, a single 24h clock with multiple timezones
#116Two 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.
I've just added a setting for midnight to be 0 instead of 24, have a look
Re: Show HN: Pole Clock, a single 24h clock with multiple timezones
#117Earlier quoted context omitted.
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)
23:59, 1:00:00, 1:00:01 would have been better.
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#118Earlier quoted context omitted.
Great ideas! I've added both! Find them in Settings! Enjoy!
Seems that the World Map is "fixed" and does not rotate to keep it aligned with the hands (expectation is that New York hand should roughly point to New York on the map)?
It rotates on my machine... :(
Re: Show HN: Pole Clock, a single 24h clock with multiple timezones
#119Earlier quoted context omitted.
Great ideas! I've added both! Find them in Settings! Enjoy!
Could you add the share link? So that if I share the URL with a friend or family,they get exactly my configuration of cities from URL. Maybe the cities can be embedded in URL as GET parameters.
I can add it for sure! It's just a bit more technically involved so maybe next year!
Re: Show HN: Pole Clock, a single 24h clock with multiple timezones
#120I love the concept, dense information in a relatively small area.
I would love if it had markings for minutes/seconds.
With the 12 hour clock each hour marking corresponds to an integer amount of minutes or seconds (e.g. the marking "1" is 5 seconds/minutes, "2" is 10 seconds/minutes etc)
But with a 24 hours one, this happens only every 2 hours ("13" is halfway between 2 and 3 seconds/minutes, "14" is 5 seconds/minutes) so I'm finding it hard to read minutes and seconds.