Clock

The Clock Widget can be used to show an Analogue, Flip or Digital Clock as well as a Countdown on Layouts.

Click on the Clock Widget on the toolbar, add / drag to the target Region. Clock Widget

If you are using 1.8, select Clock from the Widget Toolbox to add to your Region Timeline.

General

  • Provide an optional name
  • Choose to override the default duration

Appearance

Use the drop-down menu to select the type of clock to display:

Analogue

The Analogue Clock is a traditional clock face available in a Light or Dark theme (black or white face).

Add Analogue Clock

Digital

The Digital Clock has an additional Editor tab so that a template can be entered for the Digital Clock.

Add Digital Clock

The font, size, colour and other properties of the template can be changed. Toggle on the Visual editor to access the inline editor and click on the edit icon in the Preview window.

Enter text and formatting, use the Snippets menu to include available merge fields. See the section Formatting the time for further information.

If you are using 1.8 use the text editor at the bottom of the form to enter a format for the clock.

Flip Clock

The Flip Clock is a pre-formatted clock that animates a "flip" for each hour, minute and seconds (optional) elapsed.

Add Flip Clock

The Flip Clock also has Hourly, Minute and Daily Counter options which run from a specified date/time to give a Countdown on Layouts.

Available Formatting

Date / time can be formatted by providing "tokens" that sit between square brackets [] in the template area.

Title Token Output
Month M 1 2 ... 11 12
Mo 1st 2nd ... 11th 12th
MM 01 02 ... 11 12
MMM Jan Feb ... Nov Dec
MMMM January February ... November December
Quarter Q 1 2 3 4
Day of Month D 1 2 ... 30 31
Do 1st 2nd ... 30th 31st
DD 01 02 ... 30 31
Day of Year DDD 1 2 ... 364 365
DDDo 1st 2nd ... 364th 365th
DDDD 001 002 ... 364 365
Day of Week d 0 1 ... 5 6
do 0th 1st ... 5th 6th
dd Su Mo ... Fr Sa
ddd Sun Mon ... Fri Sat
dddd Sunday Monday ... Friday Saturday
Day of Week (Locale) e 0 1 ... 5 6
Day of Week (ISO) E 1 2 ... 6 7
Week of Year w 1 2 ... 52 53
wo 1st 2nd ... 52nd 53rd
ww 01 02 ... 52 53
Week of Year (ISO) W 1 2 ... 52 53
Wo 1st 2nd ... 52nd 53rd
WW 01 02 ... 52 53
Year YY 70 71 ... 29 30
YYYY 1970 1971 ... 2029 2030
Week Year gg 70 71 ... 29 30
gggg 1970 1971 ... 2029 2030
Week Year (ISO) GG 70 71 ... 29 30
GGGG 1970 1971 ... 2029 2030
AM/PM A AM PM
a am pm
Hour H 0 1 ... 22 23
HH 00 01 ... 22 23
h 1 2 ... 11 12
hh 01 02 ... 11 12
Minute m 0 1 ... 58 59
mm 00 01 ... 58 59
Second s 0 1 ... 58 59
ss 00 01 ... 58 59
Fractional Second S 0 1 ... 8 9
SS 0 1 ... 98 99
SSS 0 1 ... 998 999
Timezone z or zz EST CST ... MST PST
Z -07:00 -06:00 ... +06:00 +07:00
ZZ -0700 -0600 ... +0600 +0700
Unix Timestamp X 1360013296
Unix Millisecond Timestamp x 1360013296123