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Updates to timeanddate.com for years 2000–2008

This page describes some of the more important pages we added to timeanddate.com between 2000 and 2008. Also see the Updates history for the 1990s.

2008 Important updates

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

2007 Important updates

  • Detailed weatherNew service – Weather available as a separate service (30 May 2007)
  • Time zone overviewsNew 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 registrationNew service – It is now possible to register on the site, for more advanced customization. (26 Jan 2007)

2006 Important updates

  • Day and Night World MapNew service – See current position of the Sun (3 Oct 2006)
  • Moon CalculatorNew service – Find local time for moonrise, moonset, transit and more (2 Oct 2006)
  • Moon Phase CalculatorNew 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 calculatorNew service – How far is it between two locations? (30 Jun 2006)
  • Free web site clockNew service – A clock that you can use on your web site or blog (6 Jun 2006)

2005 Important updates

2004 Important updates

2003 Important updates

  • Server upgrade – new, faster hardware for the site (25 Nov 2003)
  • Time zone abbreviationsNew 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 numberswere added as an option in the customized calendar (29 Jan 2003)

2002 Important updates

  • Design changes, and search engineadded. (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)

2001 Important updates

  • 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 timesNew 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)

2000 Important updates

  • 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 differencesNew page – you can find the difference in hours between any cities using this tool combined with city lookup (9 Aug 2000)
  • Applet Version Discontinued September, 2015: Personal Applet World Clock linkable – add links to your personal World Clock – applet version (9 Aug 2000)
  • Advanced Meeting PlannerNew 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)