How to Configure Clocks Using a Template

Probably the easiest method to configure World Clock is using an already available configuration. World Clock comes with a number of templates to use. You can find them on the Import and export of settings page in Preferences.



Here, you can choose from a variety of templates, including:

• Templates for Forex traders featuring the major foreign exchange markets of the world such as London, New York, Tokyo, and Sydney. Most of these templates display local system time in user's taskbar as well.
• Templates featuring GMT clock in different time formats and local system time.
• Templates for stock exchange traders and brokers featuring clocks for major exchanges (such as Singapore Exchange, Shanghai Stock Exchange, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Australian Securities Exchange, London Stock Exchange, Euronext, SIX Swiss Exchange, Borsa Italiana, New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, Toronto Stock Exchange). Not all templates from this group display local system time but it can be easily added.
• Templates for companies that outsource work, for example, to India or Ukraine.
• Templates for G7, G8, G20 countries displaying time in the capitals of the leading industrial nations of the world.
• Templates for global companies such as Intel.
• Miscellaneous collections of clocks.

How to Import from Template

First, find a template to use on the Import and export of settings page. When you browse and click on templates in the list, an example screenshot below the list shows how they look like.

When you find the right template that suits your needs, click the Import button on the bottom to apply your changes.



You will see a window informing that after you import new settings, your existing clock settings will be deleted. If you don't need them, proceed by clicking the Yes button.

Adjust an Existing Template

Any template can be adjusted to meet your requirements.

For example, if you are not using all the clocks from an existing template and want more space in taskbar or on desktop, you can remove them in Preferences. Find the names of the clocks you want to make invisible in the tree located in the left pane of the window. You will see checkboxes with tick marks near clocks. Invert the state of the checkboxes adjacent to the clocks you don't need by clicking the mouse on the boxes and these clocks will not be displayed.

No matter which template you've chosen, you will need to set your local clock to your location (city) after importing settings from a template. Highlight the clock labeled "My time" in the tree, press the "Change" button adjacent to "Local System Time" in the right pane of the window, and choose your city. You are free to customize the city name to be anything you want.

How to Change Clock Location / Time Zone

If you want to change clock location or time zone first open Preferences and select an appropriate clock object in the tree. Then, click the Change... button in the right pane of Preferences.



When you click Change..., the World Map will show up in a separate window. Select another location on it and click Apply. The map will go and the Location field in Preferences will change accordingly. Press Apply or OK in Preferences to save your changes.

How to Change the Order of Clocks

See how to change the order of clocks in taskbar in FAQ.

World Clock FAQ