Hello Everyone,

The other night, I watched the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics on the NBC television network.  Of course, it was a time-delayed broadcast.  Nevertheless, as I listened to the beautiful Chinese melodies I began to wonder what the time difference is between Los Angeles and Beijing.

I picked up my Samsung Blackjack 2 Smart Phone and quickly opened its onboard world clock and, presto, I had my answer. 

After the broadcast ended, I began to think about the fact that not all mobile devices are equipped with an onboard world clock application. 

As is my custom, I searched the internet to locate a free online mobile friendly world clock website that any mobile device globe trotter can use.

 I suggest the following two resources for those of you who, no matter where you are, want to make sure you have “time enough at last”:

1.
From either your computer or mobile browser go to:
http://timeanddate.com. This is a very nice site that automatically detects what kind of browser is being used and will nicely accommodate those on mobile devices. 

While Time and Date.com is a very sophisticated world clock resource, it is a bit too much for those of us who simply want to know the time and date in any location, only once in a while.

2.
My favorite and, may I say, a  very simple and quick method to find the current local time and date in any location is, believe it or not, to use a search engine. 

That’s right; just enter the words “time in” followed by the name of a city, state, province, and/or country in the search box of your favorite search engine, on either your computer or mobile phone, to instantly obtain the local time and date of any place in the world.

For example, on my phone I go to:
http://m.google.com and enter “time in Beijing” (without the quote marks) to see what time it is at the “Birds Nest” at any given moment.

Give it a try, OK? 

Enjoy,

Mark

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