# &applet; Manual

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&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.

The &applet; displays the time and date in a panel.

## Introduction

### &applet; Applet

Shows &applet; applet.

The &applet; applet displays the time and the date in a panel.

### To Add &applet; to a Panel

Perform the following steps:

1. Right-click on the panel.

2. Choose Add to Panel.

3. Scroll down the list of items in the Add to Panel dialog, then select Clock.

4. Click Add.

## Usage

### To Show the Calendar

Click on the applet to open a small calendar showing the current month. To close the calendar, click again on the part of the applet that is in the panel.

You can change the month shown in the calendar by clicking the arrows to each side of the month and year text.

Double-click a day in the calendar to launch the Evolution groupware application.

### To Insert the Date or Time Into an Application

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

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

1. Right-click on the &applet; applet.

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. Choose Edit Paste or middle-click to insert the item.

### To Adjust the System Date or Time

To adjust the system date or time that the &applet; applet displays, perform the following steps:

1. Right-click on the applet, then choose Adjust Date & Time.

2. Type the `root` password, then click OK.

3. The &applet; applet starts the system tool that sets the system date and time. Use the tool to adjust the date and time.

## Preferences

To configure &applet;, right-click on the applet, then choose Preferences.

Clock type

  Select one of the following options:

  - 12 hour

    Display the time in the a.m./p.m. format.

    This option is not shown if your session language does not use the 12 hour clock.

  - 24 hour

    Display the time in the 00.00 to 24.00 format.

  - UNIX time

    Display the time in seconds elapsed since January 1, 1970. Developers are the primary users of UNIX time.

  - Internet time

    Display Internet time in the applet. Internet time is the same all over the world, which enables Internet users to synchronize to a common time. The day is divided into 1000 parts called ".beats".

Show seconds

  Select this option to display seconds in the applet.

Show date

  Select this option to display the date in the applet.

Use UTC

  Select this option to display Universal Coordinated Time, also known as Greenwich Mean Time, in the applet.