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What is UTC Global Clock?

UTC Global Clock (formerly UTC Display) will display Universal Time — and/or any world time zone(s) — in any corner of your screen, the menu, and/or the Dock. UTC Global Clock also features timers, stopwatches, chimes, calendars, and much more. It is highly configurable, stable, and accurate.

UTC Global Clock was originally written for amateur astronomers and shortwave radio listeners, although it has become popular with everyone who wants simple, flexible time display(s) on their Mac.

The below screen shot shows the menu that may be summoned from any time display. You may create as many menu time displays as you have room for, and you may display as many screen corner time displays as you like, in any corner(s) of the screen. As shown below, screen corner displays can match their surroundings.

	Above: Define a different Chime sound to play at a certain number of minutes past each hour.
The above example shows a single menu bar time display at the top, and 6 screen corner displays at the bottom. All time displays have an associated menu; you can see the menu that was summoned by clicking on the menu bar time display.	Above: Specify the appearance of any time display with drag & drop ease. Each time display may display time differently, and you may set a default time format if you like.

Partial Feature Listing

Here is a partial listing of UTC Global Clock’s feature set:

• Flexible Display Options: Display as many menu bar time displays as space allows. Define a virtually unlimited number of screen corner time displays.
  
  
• Hourly Chimes: Play sounds at :00, :15, :30, and/or :45 minutes past the hour. Optionally chime at a custom number of minutes past the hour. Set a separate alert sound for each chime.
  
  
• Easy-to-Use Timers: Quickly set up a timer to remind you in a certain number of minutes (“My spouse called and I’m picking her up in 40 minutes”), or at a certain local or UTC time (“Totality begins at 3:02:14 UTC Friday”). Timers minimize to a selectable screen corner, and may be hidden and shown at will. They may alert you with sound, an alert message, or both. Timers keep running when you resume UTC Global Clock, so you won’t lose a timer because you had to restart your machine after a software update. You may also “snooze” a timer for a user-selectable number of minutes.
  
  
• Global, High-Resolution Stopwatches: Rapidly create a stopwatch with 0.01-second precision. Count up to a specified elapsed time, down to zero from a starting duration, or up to infinity. Pause and resume stopwatches with a click, and view a stopwatch in front of all other open windows.
  
  
• Support for Worldwide Daylight Saving Time: UTC Global Clock comes with 17 different daylight saving time rules, representing practically every time zone in the world. And you can define new daylight saving time rules and modify existing rules as needed for special applications.
  
  
• List-Based Country and Region Time Zones: As supplied, UTC Global Clock supports well over 300 named countries, regions, and time zones. Define a custom GST offset in 0.25-hour increments.
  
  
• Low Power Mode: Processor cycles equate to power usage, and so the program offers a low power mode that consumes fewer CPU cycles. UTC Global Clock always yields processor time to other applications that need it, so it never slows down your system.
  
  
• Advanced Interface Mode: Time display attributes may be set via a simple or advanced interface, depending on how much customization you require.
  
  
• Highly Customizable Time and Date Formats:
  
  
  • Specify unique values for each time display
  • Select from useful pre-defined time and date formats
  • Show numeric values with or without leading zeroes
  • Show a.m./p.m. or 24-hour time
  • Hide or show month name in numeric, abbreviated, or full format
  • Display the day of the year
  • Display the year as a two- or four-digit number
  • Display full or abbreviated weekday
  • Define custom time and date separators
  • Create time display prefixes and suffixes
  • Insert special characters anywhere in the display
  • Customize the text representing a.m. and p.m.
  • Display a flag when the displayed date differs from the local date; and more.
    
    
• Extensive Time Display Appearance Options: Select typeface, size, text color, background color, vertical and horizontal adjustment, help tag, text prefix, window shadow, and much more.
  
  
• Match Surroundings: Specify that a display should match its surroundings, even as those surroundings change color, as shown below:

In this example, 6 screen corner displays have been set up to display, left-to-right: local time, the four continental U.S. time zones, and Universal Time.	Above: Several timers are running on the left, while a stopwatch runs on the right. Timers keep running after you quit and re-open UTC Global Clock.

• Multiple Monitor Support: If you have multiple monitors, select which display should hold any given time display.
  
  
• Automatically Open at Login: Configure UTC Global Clock to automatically start when you login to your computer.
  
  
• “Switch to Finder” option automatically returns to the Mac OS X Finder when the program opens.
  
  
• Automatic or Manual Update Checks: Schedule an update check for a certain time interval, or check for updates to UTC Global Clock anytime via a menu selection.
  
  
• Auto-Hide: UTC Global Clock’s screen corner displays can disappear when the mouse enters a display region. This is handy when you need to get to a control that’s located under a time display.
  
  
• Calendar Support: Menu and screen corner time displays contain system-wide menus that show the current month, as well as the previous and following months. Select a month to open a calendar window where you may view a calendar for the month and year you specify.
  
  
• Works in Shared Environments: Administrators may configure UTC Global Clock to share its preferences among all users.
  
  
• Mac OS X Dock-Aware: UTC Global Clock for Mac OS X positions its screen corner displays according to the visibility and location of the dock. It can also display UTC or standard time in the dock icon. The dock icon may also be hidden if desired.
  
  
• Configurable Safety Checks and Help: Suppress warning dialogs on a per-dialog basis, and reset them to again show all warning dialogs. Help tags (“tool tips”) may also be enabled or disabled application-wide.
  
  
• Customizable Colors and Positions: The program offers extensive control over the window display and dock icon colors. The window display may also be “fine tuned” in both the vertical and horizontal direction, and can automatically change its background color to match its surroundings.
  
  
• Copy, Paste, Duplicate, and Remove Time Displays: Apply one time display’s attributes to another time display. Change only one option among all time displays, and effortlessly manage multiple time displays.
  
  
• Internet Update Checking: Check for updates to UTC Global Clock automatically or manually.

System Requirements

UTC Global Clock is available for Mac OS X. Other requirements include:

• Macintosh with an Intel or PowerPC processor.
• At least 30 MB available hard disk space.
• 640 x 480 resolution monitor (14”) or larger.
• Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.

What Does it Cost?

UTC Global Clock is free to try, and it runs in demonstration mode for 12 hours. Then, you can extend the demo period as many times as you like, with a single click each time.

If you find UTC Global Clock useful (and we sure do hope that you do!), it's only $12.95 USD for two years of free updates, and you can pay using our secure store or PayPal.

Download it here. Buy it here.