IBM Wallpaper with World Clock

[ambientscape]

I got 2gb ram and after a reboot i got somewhere between 1.5 and 1.6gb available. I got pretty much software installed that i need at work. Also got some tools that is resident and use Symantec AV Corp Editon version 10 that use pretty much memory.
The avarage available i'm not sure about, but i guess i use somewhere between 700 and 800mb ram when i got the software i use most at work running at the same time. I also use vmware workstation sometimes for testing/lab and then i might use as much as 2gb ram.

btw: I changed the worldtime.html and added some new locations/timezones. One of the locations i added is Kuala Lumpur. Since you are from Malaysia maybe you could tell me if you use daylight saving in Malaysia?

There is no daylight saving in Kuala Lumpur. Have got the coordinates for the place yet?

[Wiz]

There is no daylight saving in Kuala Lumpur. Have got the coordinates for the place yet?

Thanks i didn't think Kuala Lumpur had daylight saving, but wasn't sure so had to check. I think i got pretty accurate coordinates for Kuala Lumpur. Found some maps on the internet that i used to make it as accurate as possible.

[ambientscape]

Could you give me some coordinates of the city that u add in? Will try to add in as much as possible.......to look perfect.

Thanks

[mpcook]

Search for this line: "var Clocks = new Array;" (should be somewhere around line 76) and add the following line of code on the next line:
var Clocks12H = new Array;

Then search for this one: "Clocks = new Object ();" (should be somewhere around line 82 after the previous change) and add this one on the next line:
Clocks12H = new Object ();

Then change the code (should find this starting somewhere around line 251 after the changes above) so it's like shown below:
if ( Clocks.Hours > 12 )
Clocks12H.Hours = Clocks.Hours-12;
else if ( Clocks.Hours == 0 )
Clocks12H.Hours = 12;
else
Clocks12H.Hours = Clocks.Hours;
var Clock = document.getElementById ( 'Clock' + i );
Clock.innerHTML = "<b>" + Clocks.City + "<br>" + "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;" + Clocks12H[i].Hours + ":" + minutes + "&nbsp;" + ampm + "</b>";

The red text is the changed or added parts. After doing this changes everything should be working fine.

For me, this simple fix worked: I changed the variable in line 264 (the new line number after changing to 12 hour clock) from "24" to "12":
if ( 0 < indent ) indent -= 12 * HourLength;

[Wiz]

mpcook: Yeah i guess that should work as well. There are several ways to make the clock 12h instead of 24h.

ambientscape: The coordinates i got for Kuala Lumpur is 1012, 608. Let me know if you find it to be very different. The map for the background seems to not be very accurate so sometimes hard to make it perfect. The resolution i use is 1600x1200. In case that make a difference if you try it and it's way off.

[STS06]

If you change the code starting on line 241 (line 241 if looking at the original worldtime.html) so the code is like shown below you will get 12H instead of 24H.

var ampm;
Clocks.Hours = GMThours + Clocks.GMToOffset;
if ( Clocks.Hours < 0 ) Clocks.Hours += 24;
Clocks.Hours = Clocks.Hours % 24;
if ( Clocks.Hours >= 12 )
ampm = 'PM';
else
ampm = 'AM';
if ( Clocks.Hours > 12 )
Clocks.Hours = Clocks.Hours-12;
else if ( Clocks[i].Hours == 0 )
Clocks[i].Hours = Clocks[i].Hours+12;
var Clock = document.getElementById ( 'Clock' + i );
Clock.innerHTML = "<b>" + Clocks[i].City + "<br>" + "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;" + Clocks[i].Hours + ":" + minutes + "&nbsp;" + ampm + "</b>";

The only existing line that i changed is the last one shown above where i added the varible ampm so AM and PM is shown on the map for each location. Except from that change all the others in red is lines i added to the code. I just did a quick test to see if everything was ok after this change so let me know if something isn't working as supposed to.

Thanks all for all of the hints - I changed the cities and went to a 12 hour clock. Everything's fine except now that I have a 12 hour clock, the daylight trace (which is very cool) is confused, it appears to be 12 hours off. I have poked at the code but can't find a fix. Anyone have ideas?

Also, if you want to add any of the following cities, here are the locations and offsets (I think the GMT offsets are correct).

var OffsetsX = new Array (229,583,1085,1020);
var OffsetsY = new Array (430,384,486,620);
var City = new Array ('Cincinnati','Zurich','Shanghai','Singapore');
var GMToOffset = new Array (-5,1,7,7);
var GMToOffset2 = new Array (-6,0,7,7);

Is that all I have to change to add more cities? For example I added a city in India and simply added an extra coordinate in both the x and y offset, added the city name in the "var City" line, and added the time offset in the 'var GMToOffeset" and its subsquent second one. However, the city doesn't show up. Any ideas?

Also what do I add in if the city is 5.5 hours ahead of GMT (the Indian city is Ahmadabad btw)? I put in 5.5 but it messes up the time unfortunately.

[Wiz]

To add a location you would have to add a value to line 69 and 70 shown as x and y below which is the coordinates on the map:

var OffsetsX = new Array (62,295,339,556,776,1080,1168,1218,x);
var OffsetsY = new Array (430,419,810,358,286,438,450,796,y);

Then you have to do the same with line 73 to add the new location/city name:

var City = new Array ('San Francisco','New York','Buenos Aires','London','Moscow','Peking','Tokyo','Sydney','x');

Then add the GMT offset at line 74 and 75 as shown below:

var GMToOffset = new Array (-8,-5,-4,0,3,8,9,10,x);
var GMToOffset2 = new Array (-9,-6,-4,-1,2,8,9,10,x);

Next you have to make a chance to line 79 which looks like this in the original file:

for ( i = 0; i < 8; ++i )

If you add one location you would have to change it like this:

for ( i = 0; i < 9; ++i )

If you add more locations you have to change it to 10, 11 etc so it's equal to the number of locations you got. You would have to do the same (increase the number so it's equal to the number of locations you got) at line 198, 219, 224 and 239.

All the line numbers is taken from the original worldtime.html file.

I know there are some locations that might be like GMT+5.30 or even GMT+5.45. To make that correct you need to do more changes to the code and also deal with the variable minutes. It should be pretty easy and not that much changes to the code though.

[BaldEagle]

Dear Friends,

Has anyone figured out how to fix the "sunlight trace" so that it moves across the "12 hour" converted display correctly. That is to say, the sunlight trace no longer is 12 hours out-of-sequence...

Thank you all for your everything you do for us...

BaldEagle

[Wiz]

I modifed the code and added a variable to easy change the display for 12 and 24 hour. When the variable contain a "1" it's shown as 24h else it's shown as 12h. The sunlight trace is correct for both of them. Also added the option to specify timezones so you can specify minutes as well to have timezones like GMT+5:45 or GMT+5:30 and not only whole hours. I guess it would be a bit hard to explain every change here so it would easier if there was somewhere i could upload or send it directly to you.
If you just want to solve the sunlight trace for the the 12h clock that is explained in this thread.

[Atomic Max]

Hi, everybody!

Thanks a lot! Especially to Wiz I'm sorry I didn't join this discussion right from the very beginning. But now I hope to implement some improvements mentioned above and to upload fixed version to http://www.mocom.ru/Wallpapers/Pictures ... lpaper.zip and to my homepage http://axofiber.no-ip.org/projects/worl ... per.en.htm

Fllowing resolutions are now supported: 800x600, 1024x768, 1152x864, 1280x1024, 1400x1050, 1680x1050, 1600x1200.
Шf you have widescreen flat panel with 1680x1050 resolution, please, test it and describe the result in a few lines.

BaldEagle, internal clocks processed in 24h format, so sunlight trace should be displayed properly. I've added automatic locale detection which based on "navigator.userLanguage" property. This method helps to convert time representation on screen (I set "en" locale by default)

City's name localization is implemented as follows:

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  Config.Locale         = navigator.userLanguage;

  // Default locale is set to "en"
  if ( Config.Locale != 'en' && Config.Locale != /* ... */  && Config.Locale != 'ru' )
    Config.Locale = 'en';
  City['en'] = new Array ( 'San Francisco', 'New York', 'Buenos Aires', 'London', 'Moscow', 'Peking', 'Tokyo', 'Sydney' );
  City['ru'] = new Array ( 'Сан-Франциско', 'Нью-Йорк', 'Буэнос-Айрес', 'Лондон', 'Москва', 'Пекин',  'Токио',' Сидней' );
  City['/* ... */ '] = new Array ( /* ... */

So, to add new translations one have to add new line, somewhat like: City["<locale>"] = new Array ( ... );

Time conversion from 24h to 12h is implemented as follows:

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function convertLocalTime ( hours, minutes )
{
  if ( Config.Locale == 'ru' )
    return hours + ":" + minutes;
  else
  {
    ampm = 12 < hours ? " PM" : " AM";
    hours = ( hours + 11 ) % 12 + 1;
    return hours + ":" + minutes + ampm;
  }
}

[Wiz]

Atomic Max, i created a version where you can choose between 24h and 12h. In addition i added the possibility for timezones that might not add up with hours (like GMT+5.30). If you want it to develop further, look at the code or whatever then let me know and i could send it to your mail address or upload somewhere.

I would recommend that you add the option to choose language and 24h/12h as to separate options though since some might want English and at the same time use 24h clock.

I don't use it and just played with it for fun, but if you want to make it better i got a couple of other suggestions. One would be to customize daylight saving better since not all locations change to daylight saving at the same date.
The other suggestion might be a bit harder though. The sunlight trace is actually not very accurate. Like i live in Norway and some places in Norway it's daylight 24 hours a day during summer and dark outside 24 hours a day at winter time. This is not shown corretly in the worldtime wallpaper.

[Atomic Max]

Atomic Max, i created a version where you can choose between 24h and 12h. In addition i added the possibility for timezones that might not add up with hours (like GMT+5.30). If you want it to develop further, look at the code or whatever then let me know and i could send it to your mail address or upload somewhere.

Ok, if it's possible send me your solution to axofiber@gmail.com

I would recommend that you add the option to choose language and 24h/12h as to separate options though since some might want English and at the same time use 24h clock.

I have no idea but to let the user to change some values in the script or to prepare separate versions for download beforehand. If automation doesn't meet custom options than user should tune up a script himself.

I don't use it and just played with it for fun, but if you want to make it better i got a couple of other suggestions. One would be to customize daylight saving better since not all locations change to daylight saving at the same date.

Yes, it's very important problem. I'm currently working on it. Moreover, I have some misunderstanding in TimeZone theory (trying to eliminate my ignorance). It seems to work improperly after daylight saving time shift.

The other suggestion might be a bit harder though. The sunlight trace is actually not very accurate. Like i live in Norway and some places in Norway it's daylight 24 hours a day during summer and dark outside 24 hours a day at winter time. This is not shown corretly in the worldtime wallpaper.

Do you propose to make daylight marker curvy, looking like more natural sun trace? In this case we should take into account the tilt of the terrestrial axis.

[joester]

Not to make things more difficult, but this is all way over my head anyways.

What if the map was rounded like the earth (3D) with the option of a "sun's view" or "stationary orbit" over a chosen location?

It would be a processor hog, but a really cool one.

[csioucs]

Why wouldn't some of you that also posted some solutions also posted on rapidshare ?

[Atomic Max]

joester, I think it's already realized in Flash technology. I saw cool Flash screen saver and it was looking like orbital view of the Earth surface rotating according to the current local time. But JavaScript doesn't have good 3D visual capabilities to reder such dynamic scene.

P.S. Look at that Márton Anka's beauty: http://www.codefromthe70s.org/desktopearth_dl.asp. I think I should transform linear form of my daylight marker to more natural. Linear form is just a reflection of a midday line marker which is less informative in case of polar night or polar day (as Wiz said).

[joester]

I see the version I have doesn't do Daylight Savings Time....

[Wiz]

Ok, if it's possible send me your solution to axofiber@gmail.com

I tried to send you the zip file and got this in return:

SMTP error from remote mail server after end of data:
host gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com [72.14.247.27]:
552 5.7.0 Illegal Attachment 7si5437049agc

Seems like the mail server does not accept zip files or maybe it's the html files inside the zip file that was rejected.

[Wiz]

Yes I guess that would make it more accurate, but could be some work to make that change.

[bin.dong]

Wow. It works now but my desktop icons don't seem like have drop shadows anymore. Anyone knows how to get those icons drop shadows back?


Thanks

[ambientscape]

Have the daylight saving been corrected? My country doesn't run daylight saving. However, since all the other country had been syncronize with the time from my computer, the daylight saving time in the UK or the U.S doesn't work.

Perhaps....Bro. Wiz or Atomic Max could fix this prob....

[Wiz]

Have the daylight saving been corrected? My country doesn't run daylight saving. However, since all the other country had been syncronize with the time from my computer, the daylight saving time in the UK or the U.S doesn't work. Perhaps....Bro. Wiz or Atomic Max could fix this prob....

I'm not sure if i understand. Are you saying that daylight saving work fine for every location except US and UK? Didn't the US change the date where they change back to summertime? If that is correct i'm pretty sure that is not updated in the worldtime wallpaper you are using. Mine seems to work fine for every location except US because they changed the date where they go back to summertime.

[ambientscape]

Have the daylight saving been corrected? My country doesn't run daylight saving. However, since all the other country had been syncronize with the time from my computer, the daylight saving time in the UK or the U.S doesn't work. Perhaps....Bro. Wiz or Atomic Max could fix this prob....

I'm not sure if i understand. Are you saying that daylight saving work fine for every location except US and UK? Didn't the US change the date where they change back to summertime? If that is correct i'm pretty sure that is not updated in the worldtime wallpaper you are using. Mine seems to work fine for every location except US because they changed the date where they go back to summertime.

I think the daylight saving time its over...am I right? Actually I was mentioning about the daylight saving thingy that actually moves the clock forward an hour. I'm not sure when will happen for the UK or the US. Since the wallpaper doesn;t support daylight saving function....it will not change automatically...I presume.

[Wiz]

I think the daylight saving time its over...am I right? Actually I was mentioning about the daylight saving thingy that actually moves the clock forward an hour. I'm not sure when will happen for the UK or the US. Since the wallpaper doesn;t support daylight saving function....it will not change automatically...I presume.

The daylight saving should work for all locations except for US if you got the same worldtime wallpaper as i got. You can compare the time of each location with this site: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/full.html
You should find them all to be correct except US locations. If i'm not wrong i think the daylight saving should be over on 25th of March for most locations in europe. After that date the US locations should be correct as well.

[harpyeagle]

This forum is just awsome and a fantastic resource for people like me.

I am trying to add new cities and not sure how to come up with the x/y co-ordinates. I know there was some discussions to get it from the map. But i am lost. I would really really appreciate if someone can help. I am also looking for the code to implement the 5.5/4.5 decimal time zones. Atomicmax - Can you email me the code if you don't mind.

Thanks a lot for your help!

[bdoviack]

Check out this Wallpaper as well. Should have everything you need:

http://www.carefile.com/WorldClock/

It's a screensaver and a wallpaper

[Atomic Max]

I am also looking for the code to implement the 5.5/4.5 decimal time zones. Atomicmax - Can you email me the code if you don't mind.

Ok, I'm testing now the following changes to implement a fractional
GMT offsets support:

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  var now        = new Date();
  var GMThours   = now.getUTCHours () + 1;

get minutes of the universal time

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  var GMTminutes = now.getUTCMinutes ();

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  // Set LocalTime indicator
  var CurrentTimeZoneOffset = (-now.getTimezoneOffset() / 60) - 1;

  // Set Clocks
  for ( i = 0; i < Clocks.length; ++i )
  {

prevent fractional values in hours:

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    Clocks[i].Hours = GMThours + Math.floor ( Clocks[i].GMToOffset + GMTminutes / 60  );

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    if ( Clocks[i].Hours < 0 ) Clocks[i].Hours += 24;
    Clocks[i].Hours  %= 24;
    GMfracOffset      = ( Clocks[i].GMToOffset - Math.floor ( Clocks[i].GMToOffset ) ) * 60;

correcting minutes:

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    Clocks[i].Minutes = ( GMTminutes + GMfracOffset ) % 60;

...rest of the showTime () function code:

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    var Clock = document.getElementById ( 'Clock' + i );
    Clock.innerHTML = "<b>" + Clocks[i].City + "<br>" + "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;" + convertLocalTime ( Clocks[i].Hours, Clocks[i].Minutes ) + "&nbsp;" + "</b>";
    if ( Clocks[i].GMToOffset == CurrentTimeZoneOffset )
      Clock.style.color = "#FF3333";
  }

P.S. Latest beta is available at http://axofiber.no-ip.org/projects/worl ... per.en.htm or here, also you can test demo. New features: city data is moved into separate file, new dot for Paris, 3 interface languages is available (English, Russian, French).

[Alik]

Hi guys, I'm looking for this IBM emea wallpaper, but in good quality and bigger resolution. Does anyone have it ? Thanks a lot.

http://www.mocom.ru/Wallpapers/Pictures ... ea_map.jpg

[Wiz]

Hi guys, I'm looking for this IBM emea wallpaper, but in good quality and bigger resolution. Does anyone have it ? Thanks a lot.

I guess your post is a bit off topic, but you might find it here:
http://www.mocom.ru/Wallpapers/ibm.htm

[rleo25]

Does anybody know how to set the Thinkpad-Thinkcentre logo on the upper right corner of the screen as in the original desktop? This feature is missing in my worldclock desktop and it´s a pity... i love this brand...

[rleo25]

Another tip please... I added a new city and lost Sydney, where is it the control to let enter more than 8 cities?