What's new in Date Time Counter 9.0 Build 054
Oct 11, 2020
- Features / Improvements:
- Important (I): can accurately sort the numbers with thousandth place in the list.
- I: publish it as freeware.
- I: fully supports native Portuguese (Brazil).
- I: fully supports native Russian.
- Made a better date selector.
- Changed the format of all screenshots on the website from GIF to PNG, in order to let you see the original and most clear appearance of the product.
- Added the proper icon to all system message boxes, and all of these message boxes support pressing <Esc> to close.
- Optimized software texts.
- Optimized internal efficiency.
- Bug Fixes:
- For new installation, the title bar cannot display the data file name at the first run.
New in Date Time Counter 7.0 Build 043 (Aug 9, 2017)
- New features and improvements:
- Important (I): fully supports native Nederlands.
- I: by default, sorts the events by time (future to past) in the table mode.
- I: now can show the update history directly if the new version is available and you chose to view the updates (in previous versions, just only jump to the 'Update History' segment, but have not expanded it, you need to expand it manually to see the update history).
- Optimized the English texts of software (interfaces and message boxes) , especially, standardized the initial capital.
- Removed the "Add to Quick Launch Bar" option from the installer, because from Win Vista, it has no meaning.
- Can delete whole program folder after uninstalled it.
- Optimized internal efficiency.
- Optimized official website.
- Bug fixes:
- I: cannot save the precision setting if set it as zero.
- I: it may report the "Internal error..." when loading events at the first run (for the new installation).
New in Date Time Counter 6.0 (Mar 29, 2017)
- Released on Dec 09, 2016
- FEATURES/IMPROVEMENTS:
- Important (I): the new interface - friendlier and more beautiful, highly customizable (text color, background color, displaying time elements, separation lines, etc.), displays events in blocks with chronological order. Also, keeps the old table view.
- I: can set the tooltip, text color, background color, displaying time elements, font name and size for each event, and you can set the default appearance of events.
- I: supports to classify and manage the events by labels. And you can set the text, tooltip, text color, background color, order, font name and size for each label, also the default appearance can be set. In the previous version, it's very hard to manage the events in multiple files, even need to duplicate the events file manually, load it and then delete the old events.
- I: supports to display an event in full screen mode (can be used to project on the large screen for displaying the countdown for some important thing).
- I: supports to duplicate an event, in order to use the format settings of this event.
- I: supports to export the events list to a file (csv, txt, xls, xlsx, etc.).
- I: does not need to specify the event type again when add or edit an event, now DTC will decide the type according to the event time.
- I: creates the friendlier sample events (one past, one future).
- Integrated the "Copy value" functions to one "Copy text", now you can copy all texts for an event at one time.
- BUG FIXES:
- I: if you deleted the data file, and there is no any available data file for loading, you will lost the ability to create any event, and only us can fix it manually. This version can easily resolve this problem by labeled events and data backing up / restoring.
New in Date Time Counter 5.0 Build 039 (Dec 11, 2016)
- The new interface - friendlier and more beautiful, highly customizable, displays events in blocks with chronological order.
- Can set the tooltip, text color, background color, displaying time elements, font name and size for each event, and you can set the default appearance of events.
- And more.
New in Date Time Counter 5.0 Build 038 (Sep 7, 2016)
- Important:
- Now you can set the precision as zero, that is, let the numbers only contain integer.
- Supports multi-language.
- Fully supports native 简体中文 & 繁體中文.
- Now the installer supports multi-language also, and let you choose when install. Even, it can directly use the language that selected during installing.
- Uses the Segoe UI font which is used in Vista ~ Win10 and highly recommended by Microsoft for all interfaces, makes DTC to be more beautiful and friendlier greatly.
- Open translation interface for multi-language version.
- No longer uses the bold texts on all interfaces, replaced them with colorful texts, more readable and beautiful.
- Changed the splitter color from black to gray for all related interfaces to make them friendlier.
- Optimized software texts.
- Uses the new company logo on the "About..." interface.
New in Date Time Counter 4.0 Build 037 (Nov 4, 2015)
- New features and improvements:
- Important: perfected UI effect for any system DPI setting, in any supported Operating Systems (system DPI setting: in Windows 7, it can be changed at "Control Panel -> Appearance and Personalization -> Display -> Make text and other items larger or smaller").
- Important: supports Windows 10.
- Important: optimized the definition of some icons/images, especially, toolbar icons.
- Important: do not install DTC to "User Application Data" folder forcibly.
- Important: uses Golden Ratio for the main interface and its start position.
- Moved all actions which need to run the default email client to the online webpages, in order to avoid the confusion if who has not a default email client.
- Now you can easily to open the database folder, in order to send to us during technical support.
- Can edit selected event by pressing the key.
- Beautified all interfaces.
- Optimized internal efficiency.
- Optimized Help menu.
- Optimized software texts.
- Optimized the webpages.
- Redesigned the licenses.
- Bug fixes:
- Important: the main interface MAY disappear if did these operations for the system tray icon: double-click / quickly right-click and then click / only right-click after program ran a long time, and the average users are hard to restore it.
- The verified license key may be covered if you input a wrong key after registered.
- A little text error in license agreement of the installer.
New in Date Time Counter 3.0 Build 036 (Dec 7, 2012)
- New Features:
- New user interface, it is friendlier and more beautiful.
- Made the more reasonable default date and time when create a new event.
- Displays current events file on the title bar.
- Cancelled the automatic start menu item.
- Automatically converts the expiration 'Future' event to 'Past' event instantly (the old versions need to restart program).
- Bug Fixes:
- Current events data will be overrode after loaded a new events file.
New in Date Time Counter 2.22 (Jul 29, 2009)
- Fixed a important bug about the counts of Works listing.
- Optimized the data format to suit the difference time zone.
New in Date Time Counter 2.21 (Jun 12, 2008)
- Added the qty of workdays calculating function to the 'Calculator'.
- Added the workday setting to the 'Options' interface.
- Added the qty of every weekday calculating function to the 'Calculator'.
- Displays as the system tray icon when DTC was minimized.
- Can remember the size and position of the main interface and restore them automatically.
- Gives more use times for the trial version.
- Can set font name, font size, background color, foreground color of general items/future events/paused works/finished works for the events and works listing.
- Can copy every element of the selected item in the events and works listing.
- Separated main text and prompts to the language files, so as to make other language version by users.
New in Date Time Counter 2.20 (Mar 26, 2008)
- Added the qty of workdays calculating function to the 'Calculator'. Added the workday setting to the 'Options' interface. Added the qty of every weekday calculating function to the 'Calculator'. Displays as the system tray icon when DTC was minimized. Can remember the size and position of the main interface and restore them automatically. Gives more use times for the trial version. Can set font name, font size, background color, foreground color of general items/future events/paused works/finished works for the events and works listing. Can copy every element of the selected item in the events and works listing. Separated main text and prompts to the language files, so as to make other language version by users
New in Date Time Counter 2.0 (Feb 15, 2007)
- Added the 'Work Time' tool.
- Added the calculating date and time function to 'Calculator' tool.
- Can ignore the letters case when find target events/works.
- Maximizes the main/Work Time interface when they are opened and adjusted the width rate for each column.
- Supplies the full functions but limits the use times.
- Uses the 9pt font size for events/works listing (old version is 8pt).
- The shortcuts error in the 'Options' interface.
- The refreshing seconds can not above 65.
- The saved events listing file was hidden.
- Can not refresh interface when specified a big refreshing seconds.
- May load events unsuccessfully sometimes.
- Do not allow loading duplicate events/works from files.
- Can not process the big refreshing seconds