Windows® 7 Visual™ Quick Tips

1.11. Display a Clock for Another Time Zone

If you deal with people in another time zone, you can make it easier to find out the current time in that zone by customizing Windows 7 to show a second clock configured for the time zone.

If you have colleagues, friends, or family members who work or live in a different time zone, it is often important to know the correct time in that zone. For example, you would not want to call someone at home at 9 AM your time if that person lives in a time zone three hours behind you. Similarly, if you know that a business colleague leaves work at 5 PM and that person works in a time zone seven hours ahead of you, then you know that any calls you place to that person must occur before 10 AM your time.

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