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People comparing city times juggle limited clocks and separate tools

People who track or compare multiple cities’ local times may have to click to see extra clocks, work within a small clock limit, or switch to other services. Some comparison tools also lack date selection or a shareable link, making it harder to check a particular past or future date or reuse a set of cities. The database-migration complaint is related to time zones but describes a separate technical problem.

For people who regularly compare multiple cities’ local times. Mentioned from Jan 2024 to Sep 2025 on Hacker News and Stack Exchange.

4 different people described this problem in 3 separate discussions.

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  1. How can I do something similar on Windows 10? P.S. I am not satisfied with the built-in Windows feature shown below because 1) it requires me clicking to see the clocks, 2) I'd prefer to add clocks by city so that I don't need to worry about whether daylight saving is in effect, and 3) it only allows 2 additional clock…
  2. Feature request -- please make it possible to bookmark or share a link with my selected timezones
    randxm on Hacker NewsJan 2024Asked for a tool
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