Your phone was never built for this
Checking another city's time usually means one of three things: unlocking your phone and opening the clock app, adding a second browser tab just to run a world clock website, or doing the math yourself and hoping the daylight-saving offset didn't just change under you. All three break your focus at the worst moment — mid-conversation, screen already shared, someone waiting on an answer. It's a small tax, but it's paid dozens of times a week by anyone who works across time zones: remote teams split across continents, freelancers with clients abroad, digital nomads whose own time zone keeps changing under them, distributed companies running standups across three continents before lunch.
A 46px strip solves it
Time Precision docks itself as a 46-pixel hairline strip against the left or right edge of your screen — visible, but never in the way. Add the cities you actually need to track, and each one sits there as a small tile. Hover over any tile and it expands instantly into a full card: the city's full name, live running seconds, the date in whatever format you use, and the timezone abbreviation. Move the cursor away and it folds back down. No clicking, no app-switching, no unlocking anything — just a glance, or a hover if you need the exact minute and second.
What's actually in it
233 cities, validated against IANA
Every major city, checked against the IANA timezone database — including edge cases that trip up lesser clocks, like Bali running on a different offset than Jakarta.
Hover for the full readout
Tiles stay minimal until you hover. One hover reveals live seconds, the exact date, and the timezone abbreviation — no clicks required.
Docks to either screen edge
A 46px hairline strip, left or right — always visible, never in the way of whatever you're working on.
Drag-and-drop reordering
Reorder your tracked cities by hand in Settings. The rail updates the instant you let go.
9 distinct finishes
Not recolors — each finish changes the typeface, corner geometry and border weight. From Premium's black-and-champagne-gold to Hacker's Matrix-green terminal look.
One-click app launcher, built in
Pin any desktop app as a launcher row directly inside the widget rail — a one-click shortcut that lives next to your clocks.
12h/24h, 3 date formats
DD/MM/YYYY, MM/DD/YYYY or YYYY/MM/DD, plus 12-hour or 24-hour time — set once in Settings.
Free forever, no account
No subscription, no sign-up, no cloud dependency. Auto-updates itself through GitHub Releases.
What's new in v1.0.1 — and what's next
Since this article was first published, Time Precision has grown well beyond the original widget. Version 1.0.1 adds alarms you set on any city's own clock (with daylight-saving handling, a centered 'force' popup or a soft corner popup, six ringtones or your own audio), a 'hide to a thin line' mode that folds the whole widget into a 3-pixel line on the screen edge, and six more interface languages — 17 in total. Still on the roadmap: additional finishes beyond the current nine and a few things not announced yet.
Built for anyone juggling more than one clock
Remote teams split across continents. Freelancers with clients three time zones away. Digital nomads whose own local time keeps changing under them. Distributed companies running standups before half the team's even had lunch. If you've ever grabbed your phone just to check what time it is somewhere else — that's the exact habit Time Precision replaces with a glance at the edge of your screen.
Frequently asked questions
What's the best way to see multiple timezones on a Windows desktop?
A dedicated widget beats a browser tab or phone app because it's always visible without switching context. Time Precision docks a 46px strip to your screen edge — add the cities you track, and every one of them is a glance away, with a hover revealing the exact time down to the second.
Is there a free world clock widget for Windows?
Yes — Time Precision is free forever, with no account, no subscription, and no trial period. It supports 233 cities and installs in under a minute on Windows 10 or 11.
How do I know what time it is for a video call in another timezone?
Add the other city once, and it stays docked at your screen edge from then on. A glance shows the current time; hovering over the tile shows the exact minute and second, the date, and the timezone abbreviation — so there's no last-minute math before a call.
How many cities can I track at once?
As many as you need, chosen from all 233 supported cities. Reorder them anytime by dragging and dropping in Settings.
Does Time Precision need an internet connection or an account?
No account, ever. Every city's time is computed locally from the bundled IANA timezone database, so it keeps working without a connection — the only thing that needs internet is checking for app updates, which happens automatically through GitHub Releases.
Can I launch other apps from the widget?
Yes — Time Precision includes a built-in launcher plugin. Pin any desktop app to the rail and open it in one click, right next to your tracked cities.
Can I set an alarm in another time zone?
Yes. Since v1.0.1 you can click any city and set an alarm on that city's own clock — 07:30 in Tokyo rings at 07:30 in Tokyo, wherever your PC's clock is set — with daylight-saving changes handled for you.
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About
Patrick Chen — indie developer behind Sublimearts.io. Time Precision started as TimePeek, a paid widget, and was rebuilt from the ground up and released free — 233 cities, 9 finishes, and a lot fewer excuses to grab your phone.