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&applet; Applet Manual
April 2000

Dan Mueth d-mueth@uchicago.edu

GNOME Documentation Project

This manual describes version &appletversion; of the &applet; applet.

Feedback

To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the &applet; applet or this manual, follow the directions in the GNOME Feedback Page.

## Introduction

&applet; Applet

Shows &applet; applet.

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 popup menu for the &applet; applet contains the standard applet menu items plus the following additional menu items:

- Copy Time

  Enables you to copy the time into an application such as a text editor.

- Copy Date

  Enables you to copy the date into an application such as a text editor.

- Adjust Date & Time

  Enables you to change the date and time that the clock displays. You must log in as `root` to use this menu item.

## Usage

### To Insert the Date or Time Into an Application

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:

1. Right-click on the &applet; applet.

2. Choose one of the following menu items from the applet popup menu:

   - Copy Time

   - Copy Date

3. Point to the location in your application where you want to insert the item.

4. Choose Edit Paste or middle-click to insert the item.

### To Adjust the System Date or Time

To adjust the system date or time that the &applet; applet displays, perform the following steps:

1. Right-click on the applet, then choose Adjust Date & Time.

2. Type the `root` password, then click OK.

3. The system tool for setting the system date and time starts. Use the tool to adjust the date and time.

## Preferences

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.

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