The Windows Clock is 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 In Windows 95 and NT 4.0 onward, it was superseded by the taskbar clock, before returning as Alarms for Windows 8.1. It was also named Alarms & Clock for Windows 10, before once again becoming "Windows Clock".[1]
History[]
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. It reappeared in 2013 as an app for Windows 8.1 and later through the Microsoft Store.
Features[]
The currently available version supports Windows 10 (build 18363 or later) and Windows 11.
- Focus sessions
- Timer
- Alarm
- Stopwatch
- World clock
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Where has the stopwatch/time/clock in Windows 10 gone? by Aditya Roy, Microsoft Community. 2019-09-05.
External links[]
- Windows Clock at the Microsoft Store
- Windows Alarms & Clock at Wikipedia