TimeClock

A lightweight, always-on-top desktop analog clock for Windows, built with WPF (.NET 9).

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Features

• Always on top — transparent, borderless floating clock window
• Analog clock face — 12 hour numbers, 60 tick marks, hour/minute/second hands
• Digital time display — shown below the clock face
• Date display — current date and day of week
• Draggable — click and drag to reposition; position is remembered
• System tray — minimizes to tray with right-click context menu
• Auto-start — option to launch on Windows startup (via registry)
• Toggle second hand — show or hide the second hand in settings
• Logging — automatic logging of app lifecycle events, stored in %APPDATA%/TimeClock/Logs/

Requirements

• Windows 10/11
• .NET 9 SDK

Build & Run

dotnet build TimeClock
dotnet run --project TimeClock

Usage

• Move — left-click and drag the clock
• Settings — right-click → "Settings..."
• View logs — right-click → "View Logs"
• Exit — right-click → "Exit"

Project Structure

TimeClock/
├── Helpers/
│   ├── Logger.cs              # File-based logging
│   └── SettingsManager.cs     # Settings persistence & auto-start
├── App.xaml / .cs             # Entry point, tray icon
├── MainWindow.xaml / .cs      # Floating clock window
├── SettingsWindow.xaml / .cs  # Settings dialog
├── LogWindow.xaml / .cs       # Log viewer
└── GlobalUsings.cs

License

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0.