kivyClock

A multi-timezone digital clock application built with Kivy for Python. Displays current time for multiple cities simultaneously with NTP time synchronization support.

Features

• Multi-Timezone Display: Shows time for multiple cities/timezones simultaneously
• 24-Hour Format: Clean, military-style time display (HH:MM:SS)
• NTP Time Sync: Automatically syncs with NTP servers on startup
• Customizable: Easy to add/remove cities and configure timezones
• Fixed Window Size: Optimized for 800x480 displays (e.g., Raspberry Pi touchscreens)

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• Kivy
• pytz
• ntplib

Installation

1. Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/jpkelly/kivyClock.git
cd kivyClock

2. Install dependencies:

pip install kivy pytz ntplib

Usage

Run the application:

python clock.py

Configuration

Edit clock.py to customize the displayed timezones. Modify the clocks_config list in the DigitalClockApp.build() method:

clocks_config = [
    ('San Francisco', 'America/Los_Angeles', True),
    ('Tokyo', 'Asia/Tokyo', True)
]

Available Timezones

Common timezone strings (see full list):

• America/New_York
• America/Los_Angeles
• Europe/London
• Europe/Berlin
• Asia/Tokyo
• Asia/Shanghai
• Australia/Sydney
• Pacific/Auckland
• Africa/Johannesburg
• America/Sao_Paulo

Window Configuration

The default window size is 800x480 pixels. To change it, modify:

Window.size = (width, height)

License

MIT License