# &applet; Applet Manual V&manrevision;

2002
Sun Microsystems
2000
Dan Mueth
GNOME Documentation Project

&legal;

Sun
Microsystems
GNOME Documentation Project

     docs@gnome.org

Dan
Mueth
GNOME Documentation Project

     d-mueth@uchicago.edu

&applet; Applet Manual V&manrevision;
&date;

Sun Microsystems docs@gnome.org

GNOME Documentation Project

&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

Screenshot of the &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 to open the panel menu, then choose Add to panel Utility Clock .

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

- Copy time

- Copy date

You can use these menu items to insert the time or date into an application, such as a text editor.

## Usage

The &applet; applet takes the time from the system clock.

To insert the time or date from the &applet; applet into an application perform the following steps:

1. Right-click on the &applet; applet to open the applet popup menu.

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. Middle-click to insert the item.

## Settings

To modify the properties of the &applet;, right-click on the &applet; applet, then choose Properties from the applet popup menu.

Time Format

Select 12 hour to display time in the a.m./p.m. format, or select 24 hour to display time in the 00.00 to 24.00 format.

Default: 12 hour format

Show date in applet

Select this option to display the date in the applet.

Default: selected.

Show date in tooltip

Select this option to display the date in the tooltip.

Default: unselected.

Use GMT

Select this option to display Greenwich Mean Time in the applet.

Default: unselected.

UNIX time

Select this option to display the time in seconds elapsed since January 1, 1970. Developers are the primary users of UNIX time.

Default: unselected.

Internet time

Select this option to 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.

Default: unselected.