Timekeeper by 12noon LLC

A desktop tool to display the current date/time on the Windows task bar in your custom format.

(Unfortunately, Microsoft has dropped support for desk bands when they rewrote the task bar for Windows 11.)

Additional Documentation

Overview

Documentation

.: Features :.

Click on the clock with the primary mouse button to display a calendar. Click on the clock with the secondary mouse button to display context menu.

Can format clock's display, including:

• Font
• Text color
• Background color
• Alignment: left, center, right
• Data displayed: date format, time format, text, etc.
• Line separators for a multi-line display
• Some pre-formatted date/time entries included, to get the user started.

Timekeeper displays the locale's long date/time in its tooltip.

.: Calendar :.

Calendar displays current date/time in the caption. The calendar edges can be dragged to resize the window and display more or fewer months. You can select a series of dates. Close the calendar by clicking on the 'x' in the caption or pressing ALT+F4 or ESC.

Keys

Key | Action :------------- | :----- Home | First day of current month End | Last day of current month CTRL+Home | First day of first month on display CTRL+End | Last day of last month on display PageUp | Move back one month PageDown | Move ahead one month CTRL+PageUp | Move back one year CTRL+PageDown | Move ahead one year ALT+F4 | Close the calendar ESC | Close the calendar

Calendar options include:

• Show today
• Show week numbers
• Remember calendar's position
• Remember calendar's size

.: Advanced Features:.

Timekeeper reloads the display format when it notices that it's changed. You can use this to display your own dynamic value on the desk band.

HKCU\12noon\Timekeeper\Clock\
		Format [string] = Display format

You can set this data value to any text you'd like to have displayed on the Timekeeper's desk band. Use it to display the weather, a reminder, whatever.

.: Building Timekeeper :.

Timekeeper is built with Visual Studio.

Installer

The build_installer.cmd script builds the installer using these tools:

• NSIS3
• SysInternals SigCheck

The build script assumes they are installed in these folders in the project folder:

• NSIS3\
• SysInternals\