r/windows • • 26d ago

App Windows Clock App no longer has a...clock

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Windows clock now seems to be for focus sessions and timers etc. There is no longer an analogue clock in windows unless you enable widgets.

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u/LanDest021 26d ago

The Windows clock app never had an analog clock as far as I'm aware. On Windows 8, there was only alarms, timer, and stopwatch. On Windows 10, the world clock would just show a map of the world, with pins on locations you selected showing the time there.

The only place with an analog clock was the thing that appeared when you clicked the time in the taskbar.

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u/HorsyNox 26d ago

And the timedate.cpl, which is still there

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u/i586DX4 26d ago edited 25d ago

We need CLOCK.EXE back again !

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u/unaligned_access 26d ago

Well, it has world clock 🙃 

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u/bonch 15d ago

Why is there so much wasted empty space in the Windows UI? Geez.

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u/artlurg431 25d ago

You have a clock on your taskbar, phones do this too, its just timers, stopwatch and alarms

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u/MiserableStomach 21d ago

You have "World Clock" that serves the purpose of showing the time in selected locations over the world. And BTW, the app on Macos has almost exactly the same features and organisation.

There are solid reason to criticise and even mock Windows but imho this is not one of them

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u/wason92 26d ago

What does it say at the top left?

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u/vulpes04 26d ago

flat interface strikes again lmao. if you open the actual program and look very closely, you can see the icon is a slightly different styling and "Clock" is a slightly different size and spacing vs the sidebar menu below it. still shit design though.

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u/unaligned_access 24d ago

wow, just realized how bad it is lol, didn't notice till now cause I got used to it

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u/csch1992 26d ago

Can Microsoft do anything ever right?

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

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u/AsrielPlay52 26d ago

Suspect that it's better to just either use the World Clock option

or the bottom right of your screen. Where it even has a Calander. The only reason why you want to use the clock app was to set timers and such.

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u/ComplexConcentrate 26d ago

A good large full-screen clock would be nice to have, especially when giving exams in a space that doesn't have functioning wall clock. Now we just have to open some random web page and hope it will not open ad popups.

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u/AsrielPlay52 26d ago

Or.. lock the screen?

Win+L to lock it, insure settings to not dim the screen

What they're gonna cheat out of? Random trivia and a wall paper of random scenery?

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u/Darkstone64 25d ago

well that's dumb

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u/Dn_Denn 26d ago

My clock on pc is almost 3 minutes behind the clock on my phone, my phone is correct because it aligns with the clock at work and other clocks i see on my route to work.

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u/FaultWinter3377 Windows 7 26d ago

You can tell the computer to update from the network…