Pole Clock
Productivity
time zone clock
SHOW HN2022
440points
165comments
#73of 2,570 in 2022
Top 3%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
20 positive, 24 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 22 critical, out of 68 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Idea: 13 for, 3 againstDesign: 5 for, 8 againstExecution: 0 for, 10 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple, intuitive design that combines multiple time zones in one clock.
From 3 comments
So intuitive and simple, it's hard to imagine this representation of time zones hasn't been conceived of before. But perhaps that's the definition of "genius"...
pcrh on HNVery nice. I've wanted something simple like this. I work with team distributed all over the globe and often end up googling "time in Minsk", for example. This is a really clever…
xwowsersx on HNSlick design. Love that it doesn't try to do a million things. I think this would be really nice as a smartwatch face or an iPhone widget.
antcas on HN
Useful for distributed teams and checking day/night at a glance.
From 2 comments
Excellent. You can see at a glance which of the cities are in right now in day light and where's night.
habibur on HNVery nice. I've wanted something simple like this. I work with team distributed all over the globe and often end up googling "time in Minsk", for example. This is a really clever…
xwowsersx on HN
Objections
Minute hand overlaps or obscures hour hands and city markers.
From 2 comments
Minute hand covers the hour hand which seems like it could be improved. I added a country and I couldn't see if it had been added because it was under the minute hand.
sails on HNThis is cool. Possibly move the black hands to the back so they don't obscure timezones? https://i.imgur.com/vjWs8mr.png
city41 on HN
Midnight-on-top option inverts the minute hand incorrectly.
From 2 comments
The minute-hand seems to be buggy. It seems to take its 0 as top even though the 0 for hours is at bottom. So when I choose midnight-on-top option, it flips and 00:45 time shows…
nileshtrivedi on HNIf you turn on midnight on top, then the minute hand becomes inverted and counter intuitive, need to fix?
ernsheong on HN
Half-hour and 45-minute time zones are not handled correctly.
From 2 comments
Shouldn't there be two minute hands if you add LA and India (PST and IST)? The minutes are offset by 30 mins in this scenario.
nsainaney on HNAnother one for Nepal, they have an offset of 45 mins.
psnehanshu on HN
Requests
Shareable link with saved time zone settings.
From 3 comments
Could you add the share link? So that if I share the URL with a friend or family,they get exactly my configuration of cities from URL. Maybe the cities can be embedded in URL as…
davchana on HNNice. One thing that would be handy would be to encode the settings in the URL. Then people can share a link to this with others who need the same set of time zones (eg,…
ajb on HNIt would be nice to have a permalink to a version with my customized list of time zones. I imagine it would be useful to send it for recurring meetings with the same set of…
gus_massa on HN
Dynamic day/night line based on actual sunrise and sunset.
From 3 comments
Instead of dividing by two equal halves day and night, make this dependent on sunrise and sunset of the location, would be helpful to know at a glance the actual day hours and…
aszen on HNI like it and am interested to see how this evolves. I would love it to replace the simple clock on my iPhone screen. For my own purposes I would like to see accurate day/night…
bondolo on HNMy OCD can't take the alignment of the second hand to the numbers. The "bottom half" should be dynamic based on current sunrise/sunset data. Better yet, let me decide my own…
russellbeattie on HN
Apple Watch or smartwatch face version.
From 3 comments
This is great! Now I wish there was a wristwatch (Apple Watch face?) that could do this as well.
tensorturtle on HNI wish I could have this on my Apple Watch, but Apple does not allow us to make our own watch faces.
88stacks on HNWowzers I love these one-hand 'slow' watches! https://svalbard.watch/pages/Svalbard_24-hour_watches.html I hope I can get Pole Clock on Apple Watch, wish they allowed custom…
PascalPixel on HN
Highlight working hours.
From 1 comment
The minute-hand seems to be buggy. It seems to take its 0 as top even though the 0 for hours is at bottom. So when I choose midnight-on-top option, it flips and 00:45 time shows…
nileshtrivedi on HN
Questions
How to tell at a glance which time zones share the same date.
From 2 comments
How can I tell at a glance which timezones have the same date, and which ones are a day behind or ahead? For instance, I can't tell if Tokyo has the same date as NYC or not.
abdullahkhalids on HNI've learned far to often that the international date line is not just tinder for expats. Can you put something to indicate the date on the timezones. Something just like your…
IIAOPSW on HN
Alternatives named
24-hour analog wrist watches such as GMT watches.
From 2 comments
If anyone wants to wear a 24-hour dial on their wrist: * https://romeoswatches.com/the-5-best-24-hours-watches-buying-guide/ *…
throw0101c on HN> 1. Could there be an option to place 00:00 at the top instead of the bottom? I wear a 24 hour analogue dial wrist watch, with 24 on top. I'll admit, I sometimes wish I had…
Svip on HN
World Clock Pro app.
From 1 comment
Looks a lot like the app World Clock Pro I’ve used for a while: https://worldclock.pro/mobile/
shawkinaw on HN
teamLab clock.
From 1 comment
Very cool! Similar idea: https://www.teamlab.art/w/clock/
oliverdunk on HN