Binary Clock

[thoughtjourney]

I really love binary clocks, but have not found one in a format that I liked. Instead, I wrote my own: dotted_clock



The image above shows dotted_clock version 0.1 in action. The clock displays local time in binary format, as follows:

hour : minutes

To read the clock, you should understand how the binary number system works. Basically, the binary system is a positional notation with a radix of two. This means that the positional values of '1' bits are added to give the decimal equivalent. The dotclock is a true binary clock, in contrast to a binary-coded decimal clock. So, the positional values are:

128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1

Look at the screenshot of dotclock above. The time is:

hour: 16+4+1 = 21
mins: 32 = 32

ie: 21:32 or 9:32pm.

Code is based on binary_clock version 0.5, by
Magnus Palsson (magnus@ordkunskap.se)

Merry Christmas!

[1ColdBeer]

Hi,

I really love binary clocks

I like binary clocks too. I'll give your's a try.
CHMOD reads the same way, so if ya can read one ya can read the other.
(some may find this useful)


Merry Xmas from Amherst, NY USA

[Lobster]

I like Beat time
http://www.timeanddate.com/time/internettime.html
I never know what time it is here, let alone anywhere else and Beat time is a way of standardising a time for a net meeting across timezones - but a time zone clock would be a neat project - must be a few out there too . . .

[1ColdBeer]

Hi,

- but a time zone clock would be a neat project - must be a few out there too . . .

That's a great idea........... Maybe a time zone/sunclock... Those are easy for an old guy like me to understand...

I would make a .pup of just that if I had a clue how..

Maybe someone will make one..

Dave