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# 6.3. The Clock Applet

As you might already guess, the clock applet is a small clock which resides in Kicker.

A click with the left mouse button on the clock will show a small calendar. You can use the single arrows to switch the months or the double arrows for switching years. This won't have any effect of your date settings, it's just for your information.

There are some things you can do with the clock applet. This can be done from the context menu.

## 6.3.1. Type

There are three ways the clock can appear:

Digital

  This lets the clock appear as a digital clock.

Analog

  If this is set, the clock will be displayed as an old styled analog clock. Note: this may only be useful if you set Kicker to normal or large size.

Fuzzy

  This is a very unorthodox style of time display. Try it out, it is really funny!

## 6.3.2. Preferences

Here you can set some general preferences of the clock applet.

Type

  Here you can choose between the clock styles like in the context menu.

The Digital Clock Tab

  In the Options section you can check if you want to have the date, the seconds and/or blinking dots shown. In Colors you can choose if you want the common LCD-Look or your own custom colors.

The Analog Clock Tab

  In the Options section you can check if you want to have the date and/or seconds shown. In Colors you can choose if you want the common LCD-Look or your own custom colors.

The Fuzzy Clock Tab

  In the Options section you can check if you want to have the date shown. There is also a slider to set the Fuzziness. This cannot be described in the documents, just do your own experiments. In Colors you can choose the colors and the font of the fuzzy clock.

## 6.3.3. Adjust Date and Time

This option starts the Country & Language configuration module of the KDE Control Center.

| You will need the super user password for adjusting date and time.

## 6.3.4. Date and Time Format

This will open the Date and Time module of KDE Control Center where you can set your formats. There aren't any special permissions needed for that.

## 6.3.5. Copy

If you need to paste the actual date and/or time in another application (e.g. in a text editor), you can copy it to the clipboard with this function. After selecting one of the available formats, the actual date and/or time is placed on the clipboard using the appropriate format.

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