
                          Show Internet Time (SIT)
                                  v1.0

                    (c) Copyright 1999 Jonathan Potter
                             Left Side Software

      This program is free to use for non-commercial purposes only.
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This is a simple program to display the current Internet Time in your
taskbar icon tray. Internet Time is a new scheme designed by Swatch (yes,
the watch-makers) which divides the 24 hour day into 1000 "beats", measured
from midnight in Biel, Switzerland. Because the Internet Time doesn't change
between timezones, the Internet Time is the same all over the world. See
www.swatch.com for more information.

How useful this is I don't really know; I can see a use for it by people
like CNN who have the same program schedule all over the world. Anyway,
it's a nifty idea and this program will help you get used to this new
"standard" (?).

SIT (Show Internet Time) is a small program which you can run from your
Startup folder. It displays the current Internet Time in your taskbar
in one of seven different styles (6 for the WindowsCE version). A future
version may allow you to select any font for this display, but currently
it is limited to the built-in styles.

The Internet Time is calculated from both your current system time, and
your system timezone settings (SIT needs to know what your GMT offset is
so it can calculate the time in Switzerland). Therefore, you must have
both your system clock and timezone set correctly (you can adjust both
of these from the Date/Time control panel).

Once SIT is running, if you move your mouse over the Internet Time
display in the icon tray a tooltip will pop up showing you the current
"real" date and local time. This feature is not available in the WindowsCE
version.

You can also right-click (or tap in WindowsCE) on the Internet Time display
to access the SIT control menu. From here you can choose the style you want
to display the Internet Time in, and also access the Time Conversion utility.

The Time Conversion utility lets you enter any date/time and instantly
convert to the Internet Time and date, and vice versa. You can also select
a new GMT offset for the conversion, so you can see what local time a
particular Internet Time value corresponds to in any part of the world.

Also from the control menu is the About option, which shows you the program
version number, and an Exit option to let you quit the program.

SIT displays the Internet Time in the icon tray using two icons joined
together, unless you choose the "small" style which only uses one (this
is really designed for a WindowsCE device where space in the icon tray is
limited). Because Windows doesn't support any way of physically linking the
two icons, there is a possibility that they will get unattached from each
other. If this happens (and it is quite unlikely that it will), you can
simply double-click on either of the icons to make them refresh themselves.

If you decide you want to adopt Internet Time as your new time standard
and dispense with boring hours and minutes, you can even turn off the taskbar
clock altogether!

SIT is free software, for non-commercial use only. We are always interested
in feedback on our software, so please feel free to email jpotter@lss.com.au
if you have any comments or questions. Please also visit our website at
http://www.lss.com.au to find out about our other freeware and shareware
Windows software.

