Bright Clock - Digital 12/24hr clock, seconds/weekday/date, 42 time zones + SLT, and more!

* Digital 12/24 hour time display with seconds counter, weekday and date.
* Switch instantly between any of the 42 time zones used around the world.
* Set to SLT for "Second Life Time", switching automatically between PST & PDT.
* World map showing selected time zone and tracking sun's position in real time.
* Hourly chimes, sizing menu, click to hear clock/SLT/UCT & Unix time, & more!

The Bright Clock has a digital display showing the time (including seconds), weekday, and date: in Second Life, or anywhere in the world.

It displays the time zone 'offset' from UTC (Universal Time Coordinated, or GMT, Greenwich Mean Time), which can be set to any of 42 time zones around the world. If you are in Bombay, set this to UTC+05:30 for Indian Standard Time, or if in Berlin, to UTC+01:00 for Central European Time (and then to UTC+02:00 for Central European Summer Time).

THE EARTH AND THE SUN

The clock shows a world map, and a sun moving across it in real time. This is slightly simplified, as the earth's axis is not perpendicular to its plane of rotation about the sun, so the sun dips below and then above the equator. However, the east-west position is correct, and may help you visualise which half of the world is in daylight, and which in darkness.

THE RED AND YELLOW TIME ZONE BANDS

Two bands also cross the map north-south, in red and yellow. Each is an hour wide (that is, it takes the sun an hour to cross them).

The red band shows the position of the selected time zone - where the sun will be when your clock shows midday. In theory, if all time zones lines were drawn straight between the poles, all clocks in the red band would show the same as yours. In reality, to avoid dividing national communities (forcing people to reset their watches as they cross a city), time zones are erratic. However, the red band is a strong visual clue: if you have rez two clocks, one showing the time in Brasilia, the other in Paris, the red bands make it obvious which is which.

The yellow band shows where clocks *would* show the same time as yours if they were on "Daylight Saving Time" (DST). Countries observing DST move their clocks forward an hour in spring, and back in autumn. For instance, during summer, London is on "British Summer Time": UTC+01:00. If you select this offset, the red band runs through central Europe while London is in the yellow band.

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME

DST is not used everywhere, and where it is used - as in much of Europe and the Americas - adjustments are made on different dates in each place and in different places. As a result, the Bright Clock cannot allow for it automatically: to observe DST, you must set your offset back and forth manually - but this only takes a few clicks.

The only exception is in SLT. Second Life Time is not a real time zone. It is the local time at Linden Lab's offices in San Fransico: Pacific Standard Time (PST) in winter, and Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) in summer. If you select SLT, the Bright Clock will always reflect game time, even when it changes between PST and PDT.

TWENTY FOUR HOUR/AM-PM TIME

Your clock can show 12 hour time, eg. 10:00PM, or 24 hour time, eg 22:00.

HOURLY CHIMES

Optionally, the Bright Clock can play a brief "chime" sound every hour.

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