Use Win7 gadgets to easily watch the time difference

  
Win7 desktop gadget defines multiple clocks to display different time zones.
One of the features of Win7 system is that it provides a lot of fun and useful desktop gadgets. There are clock widgets, and Win7 system supports adding multiple clocks. Gadgets make it easy to master time in different time zones. The Win7 system does not open the gadget by default and needs to be set manually. Right-click on the Win7 desktop and select “Gadget", double-click the clock icon to add a clock to the desktop.



Add gadgets in Win7 system
Now we click on the clock widget three times and add three clocks on the Win7 desktop: one shows Beijing time, one shows Polish time, and one shows Ukraine time. Move the mouse to the clock, and the small icon will appear. Click the small wrench icon to pop up the setting options.

Illustration: Win7 Clock Widget Settings
Select different clock panels in the Clock Widget Settings panel, define the clock name, then click the small arrow to the right of the time zone, and select the corresponding time zone from the drop down menu. That's it. Once set up, we can see the current time in three different time zones on the Win7 desktop.


illustration: Win7 desktop clock tool set time zones and time display lower right corner
Win7 desktop display different time zones Date Time
addition to desktop gadget Win7 system, Win7 system can also The time in multiple time zones is displayed simultaneously in the lower right corner of the desktop. The setup method is simple: click the date and time display area of ​​the notification area with the left mouse button, and then click “change date and time settings from the pop-up window.

Illustration: Win7 system sets multiple time zone clocks
Click "Additional clock", we can set up to two different additional clocks: check "Show this clock" from Select a good time zone from the drop-down menu and enter a display name. Finally press the “apply” button. In the picture below we set up two additional clocks for Poland and Ukraine in the 2012 European Cup.




Setting the additional clock
After the setting is completed, the default local time is displayed as usual in the lower right corner of the system. As long as we move the mouse to the time and date display area, we can see it without pressing the mouse. The additional time zone we set.

Graphic: Date and time display of different time zones in the lower right corner of Win7 desktop
The above we introduced the tips and tricks of displaying different date and time in different time zones with desktop widget and date time setting function in Win7 system. This is a very intimate function for friends who need to know the time difference between time zones in real time, such as friends with overseas relatives and multinational colleagues who need to work together.

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