Resolved How to tweak Windows 7 clock gadget to make it 24 hours?

[andreii_1989]

Hi guys
I've recently discovered and fell in love with 24 hour analog clocks and watches, and I'd like to tweak the standard clock gadget on windows 7 so that, basically, the hour hand would rotate at half its usual speed.
I've done a little reading on gadgets and have found it easy to change the gadget graphically (I've swapped the background image to a 24 hour face and have modified the hour and minute hands). However, I've never worked with javascript before, but looking into the "clock.js" file I get the feeling that I would only need to change a little bit of the "timePerInterval()" function, but I have no idea what.
What do you guys think? Is it possible to edit it as I want? I hope it's nothing too complex.

Thanks for the help!

P.S. The file "clock.js" I mentioned lies in "C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets\Clock.Gadget\en-US\js"

P.P.S. I would have copied the part of the script that I was referring to, but I don't know if that's alright. Is it frowned upon, what with copyright restrictions, or is it ok if it's just a part of the file and not the entire script?

[devnull69]

You're right, you should tweak the clock.js

Try this

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// calculate current time
//
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
function timePerInterval()
{
	refreshDate();
	with (date)
	{
		hours = getHours();
		minutes = getMinutes();
		seconds = getSeconds();
	}
	
	var rotationHours = hours;

	// if (hours > 12)
	// {
		// rotationHours = hours - 12;
	// }
	
	h.Rotation = (rotationHours * 15) + (minutes / 4);
	m.Rotation = (minutes * 6) + (seconds / 10);
		
	if (mySetting.secondsEnabled)
	{
		s.Rotation = (seconds * 6);

		var secondOffset = secondTimeOffset();
			
		if (secondOffset > 0)
		{
			newTimeOut = setTimeout("timePerInterval()", secondOffset);
		}
		else
		{
			timePerInterval();
		}
	}
	else
	{
		var minuteOffset = minuteTimeOffset();
		
		if (minuteOffset > 0)
		{
			newTimeOut = setTimeout("timePerInterval()", minuteOffset);
		}
		else
		{
			timePerInterval();
		}
	}
}

Basically I have removed (commented) the lines to subtract 12 from hours greater than 12, because it is not needed any more. And then I have changed the line to calculate the rotation angle of the hour hand to half the usual speed (15 degrees per hour and 1 degree every 4 minutes instead of 30 degrees per hour and 1 degree every two minutes)

[andreii_1989]

This is exactly what I was looking for, devnull69. I had also realised that I needed to remove the "if (hours>12)" clause but I completely failed to see that the "h.Rotation = (rotationHours * 30) + (minutes / 2)" bit was meant as degree positioning. It's so obvious now that you've explained it!
Thank you very much for the help!