UTC.exe version 1.2  January 2010

By Vic Rosenthal, K2VCO
k2vco.vic@gmail.com
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco

UTC is a simple program that displays the time in UTC on your Windows computer screen.  It is FREEWARE.  If you like it, send me an email.

The package includes the UTC program, and a freeware font file from ShyFonts (whoever that is).  

To install, just put the executable someplace.  Install the font file, Digir___.ttf, into your system (go to the Windows Control Panel, double-click Fonts, click File / Install New Fonts, find the font file and install it.  The Digireadout.zip file contains this font and other versions of it by ShyFonts, but you don't need to unzip it or install the other fonts; UTC does not use them.

If you don't install the font, UTC will work but won't have the neat digital clock appearance.

When you start UTC it will have a Windows title bar on top of the date and time in UTC.  When the title bar is visible, you can move UTC around the screen and you can change its width by dragging the borders of the window.  The height and font size will automatically adjust in proportion to the width.  When you click on the time (not on the title bar), the bar goes away and UTC is locked in place wherever it is.  It will stay there even after you shut down and restart.  Click on the time again to restore the title bar.

Right-mouse clicking on the time will allow you to select options.  You can turn these on or off at any time.

You do NOT need to change your computer's clock; the program uses the time zone information in Windows to compute UTC. 

If your computer has multiple users, each user will have his own UTC settings.

UTC has been tested on Windows 98 and Windows XP pro and appears to work.  I do not guarantee anything and I'm not responsible for anything (just ask my wife).

To delete it, UNCHECK the option to run at startup and delete the program. There is a registry entry (see below) which can be deleted by REGEDIT if you care.  It's harmless.

Vic  

Modification history:

1.2 January 2010 -- Added option to show seconds and About box.

1.1 January 2005 -- Eliminated ini file, which was caused problems if UTC was installed in a directory to which the current user did not have write privileges.  UTC now saves settings in the Windows registry, on a per user basis.  It creates a key at HKCU\Software\K2VCO\UTC which contains the settings.  If you specify Run At Startup, a key is created in HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run called UTCexe whose value is "UTC.exe".

1.02 May 2004 -- fixed bug that program did not get time zone information for time zones which do not have standard and daylight states (for example, Arizona!)

1.0 April 2004 -- initial release