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&applet; Applet Manual V&manrevision; &date; Sun Microsystems GNOME Documentation Project Clock Applet Manual V2.4 September 2003 Sun Microsystems GNOME Documentation Project Clock Applet Manual V2.3 January 2003 Sun Microsystems GNOME Documentation Project Clock Applet Manual V2.2 August 2002 Sun Microsystems GNOME Documentation Project Clock Applet Manual V2.1 June 2002 Sun Microsystems GNOME Documentation Project Clock Applet Manual V2.0 March 2002 Sun Microsystems GNOME Documentation Project &applet; Applet Manual April 2000 Dan Mueth d-mueth@uchicago.edu GNOME Documentation Project This manual describes version &appletversion; of the &applet; applet. To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the &applet; applet or this manual, follow the directions in the GNOME Feedback Page. Clock

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The &applet; applet displays the time and the date in a panel. To add the &applet; applet to a panel, right-click on the panel, then choose Add to Panel Accessories Clock . The &applet; applet takes the time from the system clock. To insert the date or time from the &applet; applet into an application, perform the following steps: Right-click on the &applet; applet. Choose one of the following menu items from the applet popup menu: Copy Time Copy Date Point to the location in your application where you want to insert the item. Choose EditPaste or middle-click to insert the item. To adjust the system date or time that the &applet; applet displays, perform the following steps: Right-click on the applet, then choose Adjust Date & Time. Type the root password, then click OK. The &applet; applet starts the system tool that sets the system date and time. Use the tool to adjust the date and time. To configure &applet;, right-click on the applet, then choose Preferences. Clock type Select one of the following options: 12 hour Display the time in the a.m./p.m. format. 24 hour Display the time in the 00.00 to 24.00 format. UNIX time Display the time in seconds elapsed since January 1, 1970. Developers are the primary users of UNIX time. Internet time Display Internet time in the applet. Internet time is based on Biel Mean Time (BMT) as a universal reference, and is the same all over the world. Internet time enables Internet users to synchronize to a common time. Show seconds Select this option to display seconds in the applet. Show date Select this option to display the date in the applet. Use UTC Select this option to display Universal Coordinated Time, also known as Greenwich Mean Time, in the applet.