A Better Way to Tell Time
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AKA, how I made a fast, ad- and clutter-free world clock slider — built with help from AI, and designed to make global meetings feel less like a puzzle.

![](https://assets.brentturner.is/_fitWide1600/9947/telling-time-the-new-new.webp)

Time zone tools are usually cluttered. Too many ads. Too many clicks. Too slow. Too… annoying to use.

So I “made” one that is the opposite. I “made” one that is elegantly fast and simple.

Originally inspired by [Alexander Ustinov’s design on Dribbble](https://dribbble.com/shots/1960324-World-Clock-notification-center-widget-in-action), then forked from [Jon Kantner’s CodePen](https://codepen.io/jkantner/pen/pvjNNVz?ref=brentturner.is), I used an AI coding assistant — specifically, GitHub Copilot running Claude — to build the many missing features that my teams and I needed, including:

*   Customizable time zone lists
*   Adjustable dates (because everyone seems to do daylight savings at different times of year)
*   12/24-hour toggle
*   Shareable configs, no sign-in required

Across my teams at [my agency](https://www.opusagency.com/?ref=thenewnew.is), this tool has become our daily go-to. We are rallying across Sydney, Singapore, London, and every U.S. time zone to make global work, work — and we needed a tool that makes navigating all of those time zones fast and simple.

And, with the help of AI, it came together quickly and simply as well.

[**Try it out  here**](https://brentturner.is/telling-time/?ref=thenewnew.is).

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