How To Add Multiple Clocks and Timezones To Your Windows 10 PC

Multiple Clock Time Zones Windows 10

If you have family, friends, or deal with clients from different parts of the world, you would understand how difficult it to keep track of different time zones. It also comes in handy when you need to keep track of an event happening in different parts of the world.

Fortunately, the Windows 10 operating system lets you set up to three different clocks on your PC: your primary/local clock and two other clocks in different time zones.

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In this article, we will show you how to set up multiple clocks on your computer.

Adding Multiple Clocks

1. First, click the start icon on your home screen, and then click ‘Settings’.

add multiple clocks timezone windows 10

2. Once the settings page is displayed, select ‘Time & language’.

add multiple clocks timezone windows 10

3. At the bottom of the Time & language page, click ‘Add clocks for different time zones’.

Multiple Clock Time Zone on Windows 10

4. Once the ‘Additional clock’ tab opens, click the checkbox ‘Show this clock’ for both clock options. Then go ahead and select your preferred time zone. Also, make sure you add the display name for each clock – it’s best you use the name of the city or country.

5. When you’re done, click ‘Apply’

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That’s it. When you need to check the time for the different zones you set, just click on time & date in the bottom-right corner of the taskbar, and all three clocks will appear; the main clock (your local time zone), and the clocks that show time in the zones you set.

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How to Add More Clocks (Alarm & Clock app)

1. Click the start icon, then search for the ‘Alarm & clock’ app and click on the ‘Clock’ section.

add multiple clocks timezone windows 10

2. At the bottom-right, click the ’+’ button, and a search box will be displayed on the top-left. Type in the location you want to see.

Multiple Clock Time Zone on Windows 10

For easy accessibility, immediately you create a new time zone clock, right-click the time zone in the map and select ‘Pin to Start’. This means you can view your multiple time zones whenever you click the start icon on your home page.

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The number of timezones you want to keep track of would determine which feature to use. Windows allows you to configure up to three different clocks to the taskbar, but if you need to keep track of even more time zones, the ‘Alarms & Clock’ app lets you do this.

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