WebSphere Portal
IBM World Clock

The World Clock portlet allows users to view current local times around the world. The World Clock portlet allows users to set their local time zone and view the current time in that time zone. It also allows users to view the current local time in several time zones around the world at one time. Users can also do a quick search for the current local time in an individual time zone.

 

Use World Clock

Users must have edit or greater permission to work with World Clock. Note: The portlet is dependent on the time provided by the server machine that is running WebSphere Portal Server to make its calculations.

 

Test assumptions

There are no known test or usage assumptions.

 

Set up World Clock

Client requirements

This portlet supports browsers and devices capable of rendering HTML, WML, and PDA markup. The following table provides detailed information.

Minimum requirements for HTML
Markup level HTML 4.01 Transitional
Java applet None
JavaScript None
<iframe> No
Style sheets Portal styles only
Software This portlet has been tested on the following browsers:

  • Internet Explorer Version 5.5, 6.0
  • Netscape Version 6.x, 7.x
  • Opera Version 7.x
  • Mozilla Version 1.x
Accessibility Yes
Minimum requirements for WML
Markup level WML 1.1

Server requirements

WebSphere Portal versions 4.1, 4.2, and 5.0 are supported. There are no special server requirements.

Deployment/Installation

There are no special installation instructions for this portlet.

 

Configuration parameters

The following configuration parameters are available in this portlet.

Parameter Value
pda-icon This configuration parameter is used to display portlet icons on a PDA device and therefore applies to WebSphere Everyplace Access customers only. This parameter should only be modified by the administrator.