World clock GitHub overview
The world clock this guide installs is DesktopClock. Upstream source and releases live on GitHub at danielchalmers/DesktopClock under MIT.
What lives in the repo
The repository holds the WPF desktop project, tests, installer packaging, and the MIT license file. For install work, open Releases before Issues. The world clock binaries that matter for this guide are named on the stable tag. Issues are for upstream bugs, not for Softonic wrappers.
Stars, license, and trust signals
License is MIT. Stars and release dates come from live GitHub data on this site and must not be hard-coded in prose. Prefer named MSI assets over unsigned mirrors. Security advisories, if any, appear on the repository security tab.
This world clock guide is independent of the DesktopClock project. Corrections to guide copy: contact. Upstream bugs: GitHub issues.
How this guide uses the repo
InstallPanel and release pages read asset names from the latest matching tag. The primary pick is DesktopClock-*-x64.msi. Portable zip and arm64 files are supporting. No winget id is claimed.
README features you can cite: custom date and time formats, any time zone, theme presets, startup, chimes, OLED burn-in mitigation, and optional countdown tools. this guide head term remains world clock.
Links that matter
Independence and corrections
Dial Hollow publishes an independent install guide. Upstream remains on GitHub. When filenames change, re-check the live tag before you image a classroom that needs a world clock.
Do not confuse this pages.dev site with the upstream project. Download links always leave this site and land on GitHub Releases. That separation keeps the world clock binary on the vendor’s door.
Keep the install boring
Boring world clock installs survive reimages. Prefer DesktopClock-*-x64.msi from GitHub Releases for danielchalmers/DesktopClock, or the portable x64 zip when policy blocks MSI. arm64 assets are supporting for ARM PCs. There is no verified winget package for DesktopClock, so stay on the filename.
- Open Settings after launch and pick the remote time zone first.
- Prove one glance before theme presets or countdown tools.
- Keep Windows Clock when alarms still matter on the same PC.
- Write the Releases URL and asset pattern on the machine ticket.
Tickets, labs, and Softonic traps
Shared desks lose hours when Softonic bookmarks replace the upstream door. Dial Hollow maps filenames independently; upstream remains on GitHub under MIT. When the live tag adds new architecture suffixes, re-check Releases before you image a lab. Say “the current release” in tickets instead of pinning a dotted version string in HTML copy.
Family PCs, contractor laptops, and classroom images all benefit from the same rhythm: one door, one zone proof, one documented update habit. That is how a world clock stays useful without becoming another Downloads mess.
SmartScreen and related pages
If SmartScreen warns on first launch, return to the GitHub URL you typed. Do not “fix” a block by grabbing a second mirror from a search ad. Research marks exact SmartScreen publisher strings as unverified until observed on hardware, so this guide avoids inventing them.
Related pages worth keeping bookmarked: the releases map, download-safe habits, Windows install, first hour, and safety notes.
Teams that glance at remote offices daily should treat DesktopClock like any other small utility: pin the MSI on the image, name the owner of the next bump, and refuse review-portal wrappers that only rank for world clock. A second proof glance after every reimage keeps Softonic shortcuts from returning through old bookmarks.
Contractors who need a remote-zone face should receive the Releases URL in the ticket body, not in a chat screenshot that expires. Classroom images should store the MSI beside other approved utilities so the next semester bump stays obvious. Home users can keep a single Downloads note with the exact filename pattern and delete older zips the same day.
When two people share one laptop, agree which door owns updates before anyone installs a second copy. Mixing MSI and portable zip without a note is how duplicate faces and confused uninstalls start. Prefer one documented world clock path per machine and leave countdown experiments for after the zone glance works.