Windows Clock

The Windows Clock was a program included in Windows 1.x, Windows 2.x, Windows 3.x, and Windows NT 3.x. It allows for the time and date to be displayed in a window. In Windows 95 and NT 4.0 onward, it was replaced with the taskbar clock.

In Windows 1.x and 2.x, the clock only had an analogue option, with a digital option being introduced in Windows 3.0. Windows 3.1 introduced the ability to display the date, hide the taskbar, and set the font. With the introduction of the new taskbar interface in Windows 95 and NT 4.0, the Windows Clock was removed unless the Program Manager was chosen as the default shell during installation. The version present in Windows NT 3.x, Windows 95, and Windows NT 4.0 was near identical to the version found in Windows 3.1, however it is now 32-bit. The Windows NT 4.0 version of the Windows Clock can still run without issue on Windows 10. With the option to use the Program Manager as the default shell removed in Windows 2000 and Windows 98, the Windows Clock was removed and has not reappeared in any Windows release since.