World Clock

ClockApplet is a simple component that allows you to show the correct local time in a specified time zone for your Web page. This applet is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v1.0. The code for accessing Network Time Protocol servers is based on the Java SNTP Client, by Adam Buckley.

How To Use:

  • Download clockapplet.zip (16 KB)
  • Unzip with a compression utility.

    Java Source: 

    import java.awt.BasicStroke;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Paint;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.Stroke;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.geom.Ellipse2D;
import java.awt.geom.Line2D;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.TimeZone;

import javax.swing.JApplet;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

    Sample HTML Source: 

     <!--[if !IE]>-->
      <object classid="java:net/sourceforge/clockapplet/ClockApplet"
              type="application/x-java-applet"
              archive="clockapplet-0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar"
              height="44" width="100" >
        <param name="foreground.color" value="black" />
        <param name="background.color" value="#9DC1D9" />
        <param name="target.timezone" value="America/Chicago" />
        <param name="ntp.server" value="pool.ntp.org" />
      <!--<![endif]-->

    Status: Free for non-commercial use

    Author: The ClockApplet Authors

    Homepage: http://clockapplet.sourceforge.net/

    Upload Date:
    Oct. 19, 2006

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