What's new and updated

Important updates in 2008

• 10 Years – Anniversary – timeanddate.com turns 10 years old (24 May 2008)
• Seasons Calculator – New service – Calculate times for solstices and equinoxes (18 Mar 2008)
• Holidays section – New section – Holiday background information (18 Mar 2008)

Important updates in 2007

• Detailed weather – New service – Weather available as a separate service (30 May 2007)
• Time zone overviews New service – Overview, which countries observed DST (9 Mar 2007)
• Time Zone News – Pages for important changes in time zones and daylight saving time (1 Mar 2007)
• Weather available – Weather available on World Clock's city pages (27 Feb 2007)
• User registration New service – It is now possible to register on the site, for more advanced customization. (26 Jan 2007)

Important updates in 2006

• Day and Night World Map New service – See current position of the Sun (3 Oct 2006)
• Moon Calculator New service – Find local time for moonrise, moonset, transit and more (2 Oct 2006)
• Moon Phase Calculator New service – Find local time for the moon phases (15 Sep 2006)
• One billion pages served – Page #1,000,000,000 was served on 30 Aug 2006.
• Distance calculator New service – How far is it between two locations? (30 Jun 2006)
• Free web site clock New service – A clock that you can use on your web site or blog (6 Jun 2006)

Important updates in 2005

• Leap seconds New page – What are leap seconds and when are they used (30 Dec 2005)
• The World Clock is 10 years old (7 Nov 2005)
• Time zone changes New page – Historic time zone changes added (27 Oct 2005)
• Date calculator update – The date calculators have been improved (10 May 2005)
• Five hundred million pages served – Page #500,000,000 was served on 13 Mar 2005.

Important updates in 2004

• Time Zone Converter New page (1 Sep 2004)
• Calendar upgrade – now support week numbers and better holiday support (26 Jun 2004)

Important updates in 2003

• Server upgrade – new, faster hardware for the site (25 Nov 2003)
• Time zone abbreviations New section – more information about time zone abbreviations added (27 Jul 2003)
• Calendar design changes – including new "Medium" format (22 Mar 2003)
• Some minor design changes (30 Jan 2003)
• Day numbers were added as an option in the customized calendar (29 Jan 2003)

Important updates in 2002

• Design changes, and search engine added. (21 Aug 2002)
• One hundred million pages served – Page #100,000,000 was served on 11 Jul 2002.
• There have been technical changes to the site, which should result in faster access for most users with low bandwidth/modem connections. (Jun 2002)
• Cities close to... New page – shows others cities close to cities in the World Clock. (30 May 2002)
• International dialing codes – improved to include area codes. (28 Mar 2002)
• Repeating calendars – Find which years use the same calendar. New Page (4 Mar 2002)

Important updates in 2001

• New Year Countdowns – Simultaneous countdown for every time zone on earth. New Pages (26 Dec 2001)
• DST transitions in year 2002 – a list of when DST starts and ends around the world New pages (26 Nov 2001)
• Server upgrade – new hardware and software for the site (21 Nov 2001)
• Fifty million pages served – Page #50,000,000 was served on 21 Aug 2001.
• World Clock – Some cosmetic changes to most of the World Clock services. (7 Apr 2001)
• Sunrise/sunset times – New pages – Service to find sunrise and sunset times. (3 Apr 2001)
• Dialing codes – New page – Service to find how to dial internationally. (3 Apr 2001)
• New Year Countdown – updated to count to year 2002. (1 Jan 2001)
• Happy new Millennium/Year 2001! (1 Jan 2001)

Important updates in 2000

• DST transitions in year 2001 – a list of when DST starts and ends around the world New pages (3 Dec 2000)
• Dedicated server – www.timeanddate.com is now running on a dedicated server. (28 Sep 2000)
• Shop – Calendars – New page – calendars that you can buy through Amazon.com (28 Aug 2000)
• Redesign – Some changes to the design were made (27 Aug 2000)
• Time zone differences – New page – you can find the difference in hours between any cities using this tool combined with city lookup (9 Aug 2000)
• Personal Applet World Clock linkable – you can now add links to your personal World Clock – applet version (9 Aug 2000)
• Advanced Meeting Planner – New page – Another version of the Meeting Planner which allows up to 6 cities. (23 Apr 2000)
• Why Leap Years? – New Page Page explaining leap years. (20 Feb 2000)
• Ten million pages served – Page #10,000,000 was served on 9 Feb 2000.
• Happy New Year 2000! (1 Jan 2000)

Important updates in 1999

• Millennium information New section Countdown to the real Millennium (year 2001) and more. (28 Dec 1999)
• The Calendar customizer has been improved with two new options. (27 Dec 1999)
• The site was down for six hours on Monday, December 6th due to a move by the hosting provider for this site.
• Results from the latest survey are available (3 Dec 1999)
• The site has been moved to a faster server (17 Nov 1999)
• The Calendar now includes calendar with holidays for Australia and New Zealand. (1 Nov 1999)
• DST transitions in year 2000 – a list of when DST starts and ends around the world New pages (10 Oct 1999)
• The Calendar now includes calendar with holidays for Croatia. (9 Oct 1999)
• Five million pages served – Another milestone: Page number 5,000,000 was served on 4 Oct 1999.
• Static Year 2000 Countdown – Shows current time to year 2000 around the world. New Page (26 Sep 1999)
• The World Clock – more than 140 US cities added, every city with more than 100,000 inhabitants is now searchable. (25 Sep 1999)
• Applet Year 2000 Countdown – Simultaneous countdown for every time zone on earth. New Pages (22 Sep 1999)
• Calendar customizer – major improvements in calendar customizing and printing. New Pages (7 Sep 1999)
• The Calendar now includes calendar with holidays for Canada. (4 Jul 1999)
• The World Clock cities provide literature tips for most cities (click on any city). New Pages (28 Jun 1999)
• www.timeanddate.com has been in service for one year – one year anniversary on 24 May 1999.
• Survey results – the results of the survey are published (10 Apr 1999)
• About The Personal World Clock New Page – describing the Personal World Clock (12 Mar 1999)
• Personal World Clock – java applet based New page (10 Mar 1999)
• Pages describing how to make The World Clock links or Calendar links New pages (7 Mar 1999)
• Year 2000 Information New section Information about year 2000. (12 Feb 1999)
• TimeAndDate Shop New section Shop products related to services on this site. (12 Feb 1999)
• Daylight Saving Time New pages A page describing Daylight Saving Time (DST) and two pages with DST-changes in 1999 added. (6 Feb 1999)
• The World Clock – Another 65 cities added, bringing the total to over 740 cities in more than 200 countries and territories. (6 Feb 1999)
• Survey New Page Simple survey to help improve the site (30 Jan 1999)
• One million pages served – Page number 1,000,000 from the site was served on 17 Jan 1999.
• Add a number of days to a date New Page – E.g. find what date it is in 1000 days from now (17 Jan 1999)
• Birthday-Calculator New Page – find when you are a round number of seconds old (17 Jan 1999)
• Advertising – Banner advertising is now available on the site. (16 Jan 1999)

Important updates in 1998

• The World Clock Lots of cities all over the world added, some only available through search. A total of 664 cities in 162 countries are now represented. (28 Nov 1998)
• The World Clock Multiple small improvements, better search facility, 130 cities in U.S., Europe and Russia added, bringing the total number up to 417, more to follow soon. (22 Nov 1998)
• Calendar More countries supported with native language support (8 Nov 1998)
• Calendar Phases of the moon added (17 Oct 1998)
• Monthly Calendar New Page (17 Oct 1998)
• Enhanced configuration for Personal World Clock It is now possible to add or remove cities from the Personal World Clock from the city-view (click on a city), by using the new link below the "Sunset/sunrise"-information. (13 Oct 1998)
• Search page for The World Clock New Page (11 Oct 1998)
• What's new and updated New Page (29 Sep 1998)
• Site Map New Page (29 Sep 1998)
• The Personal World Clock changed layout (29 Sep 1998)
• Calendar – Holidays added for some countries (26 Sep 1998)
• FAQ about the Calendar New Page (26 Sep 1998)
• The Fixed Time World Clock New Page (11 Sep 1998)
• The World Clock Meeting Planner New Page (11 Sep 1998)
• The Personal World Clock New Page (11 Sep 1998)
• Main configuration page New Page (11 Sep 1998)
• Official opening – 24 May 1998 – the site was officially opened.
• Development of timeanddate.com began – 26 March 1997.

Early history

• Calendar released on 20 Nov 1995.
• Year 2000 countdown released on 19 Nov 1995.
• World Clock released on 07 Nov 1995