Anuko World Clock 4.2 Released

June 16, 2008
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Anuko Software Ltd, maker of enterprise productivity tools and services based in Vancouver, BC in Canada, today announced the release of Anuko World Clock 4.2 (formerly known as ZoneTick World Time Zone Clock).

Anuko World Clock is a highly configurable clock program that replaces the standard Windows clock, and/or adds clocks to the desktop, for multiple time zones for anyone that does business, travels, or talks with friends, family, or colleagues in different time zones, and home users that want more functionality from their system clock.

Anuko World Clock showing GMT, PST time, a stopwatch, and a timer on Windows Vista.

The new release contains the following improvements.

Changes in Anuko World Clock v4.2 - Improvements to the World Map, Time Zone Updates, City Database Updates, Advanced Alarm Bug Fix (June 3, 2008)

World map window size and position is now remembered. June 03, 2008.
City list added to the world map when it is invoked via the right-click menu. June 03, 2008.
USA state / Canadian province names are now omitted from default clock labels when changing locations for clocks. May 28, 2008.
Bug fix: duplication of advanced alarms upon reboot eliminated. May 27, 2008.
Major city database update: all USA city names modified to comply with the naming convention. For example: Dallas, TX is now used instead of Dallas. Some USA city coordinates were also corrected. May 24, 2008.
Inuvik, NT, Canada added to the city database. May 23, 2008.
Newcastle, Australia added to the city database. May 22, 2008.
Reading, UK added to the city database. May 21, 2008.
Iasi, Romania added to the city database. May 21, 2008.
Girona, Spain added to the city database. May 21, 2008.
Pakistan time zone changed due to introduction of DST in the country. May 20, 2008.
Morocco time zone changed due to introduction of DST in the country. May 15, 2008.
Montgomery, AL, United States added to the city database. May 14, 2008.
Mendoza, Argentina added to the city database. May 11, 2008.
Marawi, Philippines added to the city database. May 8, 2008.
Odense, Denmark added to the city database. May 5, 2008.
Puttgarden, Germany added to the city database. April 28, 2008.
Rodby, Denmark added to the city database. April 28, 2008.
Trier, Germany added to the city database. April 28, 2008.
Carcassonne, France added to the city database. April 14, 2008.
Limit on the number of taskbar clocks increased from 10 to 12. April 13, 2008.
San Luis, Argentina added to the city database. Note that it uses a different time zone from the rest of Argentina as they abandoned DST in 2008. April 2, 2008.
Syria time zone changed. New DST rules are as follows: Daylight Saving Time (DST, summer time) starts on: first Friday, April at 00:00:00 local time. Set clock 1 hour forward. Daylight Saving Time (DST, summer time) ends on: 1 October at 00:00:00 local time. Set clock 1 hour back. March 24, 2008.

Changes in Anuko World Clock v4.1 - Improvement of Graphical Representation, CD Installer, City Database Updates, Miscellaneous Bug Fixes (March 12, 2008)

Iraq time zone modified due to abandonment of daylight saving time. March 11, 2008.
Cuba time zone modified. They are still on standard time as per ground reports. Assuming last Sunday in March from 2008 forward for DST start. No official info is yet available. March 11, 2008.
Chile time zone corrected (again) due to extension of DST because of drought until the end of March, 2008. March 11, 2008.
Belo Horizonte, Brazil added to the city database. March 11, 2008.
Bug fix: analog skins now work correctly in 16 bit display color resolutions. March 10, 2008.
Bug fix: corners of digital skins now show up properly in 16 bit display color resolutions. March 10, 2008.
Bug fix: clock and time examples in Anuko World Clock Preferences now work correctly in 16 bit display color resolutions. March 10, 2008.
Bug fix: timer / stopwatch control panel now get displayed properly in 16 bit display color resolutions. March 10, 2008.
Chile time zone corrected due to extension of DST because of drought until the end of March, 2008. March 09, 2008.
San Luis Obispo, CA, United States added to the city database. March 09, 2008.
Graphical presentation of analog skins significantly improved. March 07, 2008.
Montgomery, TX, USA added to the city database. March 07, 2008.
Red Deer, AB, Canada added to the city database. February 27, 2008.
Fortaleza, Brazil added to the city database. February 22, 2008.
Malmo, Sweden added to the city database. February 15, 2008.
Calabar, Nigeria added to the city database. February 9, 2008.
Onitsha, Nigeria added to the city database. February 9, 2008.
Surat, India added to the city database. February 8, 2008.
Chimoio, Mozambique added to city the database. February 6, 2008.
Djember, Indonesia added to the city database. February 4, 2008.
Bellevue, WA, United States added to the city database. January 31, 2008.
Taichung, Taiwan added to the city database. January 30, 2008.
Severodonetsk, Ukraine added to the city database. January 30, 2008.
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico added to the city database. January 29, 2008.
Nogales, Mexico added to the city database. January 21, 2008.
Trujillo, Peru added to the city database. January 21, 2008.
Mississauga, ON, Canada added to the city database. January 17, 2008.
Arequipa, Peru added to the city database. January 13, 2008.
Braganca, Portugal added to the city database. January 12, 2008.
Chengdu, China added to the city database. January 11, 2008.
Merida, Mexico added to the city database. January 5, 2008.
Puebla, Mexico added to the city database. January 5, 2008.
Daylight saving time (DST) beginning in Argentina for 2008 and beyond changed to first Sunday in October. At this point it is a guess as Argentina does not yet have a law about it. However, October is better compared to December 30 in 2007 and no DST before 2007. January 5, 2008.
Matamoros, Mexico added to the city database. January 4, 2008.
Cologne, Germany added to the city database. January 4, 2008.
Cordoba, Argentina added to the city database. January 2, 2008.
Balti, Moldova added to the city database. January 2, 2008.
Tiraspol, Moldova added to the city database. January 2, 2008.
German translation improved. December 29, 2007.
Reintroduction of daylight saving time (DST) in Argentina integrated into product. December 23, 2007.
CD installers introduced. They are burned on high-quality media and contain additional resources such as skins, sounds, and an optional higher resolution world map. CDs currently come in 2 types of packaging - a slim jewel CD case, and a DVD case. They can be ordered from this page: http://www.anuko.com/content/world_clock/buy_cd.htm December 21, 2007.
Installer updated. It will not overwrite a higher resolution world map if it exists. A higher resolution world map may be installed from a CD installer or manually from the NASA site. Note to users of high resolution maps: these maps are nice but require additional computing resources for proper operation. Install them only when your hardware is capable to handle such graphics. December 21, 2007.
Huntingdon, QC, Canada added to the city database. December 18, 2007.
Bug fix: algorithm to calculate the required space for timers and stopwatches fixed. December 18, 2007.
Spanish translation improved. December 15, 2007.
Light spot problem in Quartz Analog skin is fixed. December 15, 2007.
wd, and wD date formatters are introduced to represent numerical day of week. wd counts from 0, while wD counts from 1. December 12, 2007. This addresses the following problem:

The key feature I use is Week. But it lacks displaying what day is it in a week. Our week starts on Sunday and ends on Saturday. For example, current week is 50 and if it's December 12, 2007 I wish Anuko World Clock display it as 50.3.

Sunday = 0, Monday = 1, Tuesday = 2, Wednesday = 3, Thursday= 4, Friday = 5, Saturday = 6

Antwerp, Belgium added to the city database. December 11, 2007.
Timer / stopwatch control panel improved. December 11, 2007.
Venezuela time zone change from GMT-04:00 to GMT-04:30. December 9, 2007.
Buri Ram, Thailand added to the city database. December 9, 2007.
Introduction of DST in Iran in 2008 is integrated into the product. December 7, 2007.
Bug fix: advanced alarms specified with a cron day range like 1-31 now work properly. December 6, 2007.
Bug fix: time synchronization with time servers specified by an IP address now works properly. December 6, 2007.
German translation improved. December 5, 2007.
Allowable length for clock and timer labels increased to 31 characters. December 5, 2007.
A link to the FAQ page added to About Anuko World Clock window for quicker access to support information. December 5, 2007.
Error handler added for situations when city database files are corrupt, absent or in incompatible format. December 4, 2007.
Spanish translation improved. December 4, 2007.

"We are very glad to introduce these features and improvements in version 4.2", said the company representative. "Users find them very useful for tracking local time in different cities."

Anuko World Clock is fully configurable, allowing users to fully customize the way that Windows displays and tracks the time and date. It additionally includes configurable color indicators and many productivity enhancing features such as the time converter, RSS news reader, alarms, atomic time sync, calendar, skins (themes), and more.

For more information about Anuko World Clock please visit http://www.anuko.com/content/world_clock/index.htm

About Anuko Software Ltd.

Anuko Software Ltd. is based in Vancouver, Canada. It develops and markets business software applications and services, which improve personal productivity. Anuko offers, among others, the following products.

Anuko World Clock - multiple time zone clock for Windows taskbar and desktop.
Anuko CMS - content management system bundled with a web hosting plan.
Anuko Auction Sniper - desktop software, which can place bids on various online auction sites at times you specify.
Anuko Time Tracker - simple, free, open source, web based time tracking system.

For more information about Anuko Software Ltd. please visit http://www.anuko.com