Date Wheel (TM) for Palm OS
Time between dates calculator. Save tasks for future reference.
Version: 3.01
Date Wheel (TM) by: Creative Algorithms, LLC, last updated: 26/01/2007
Requirements: Palm OS 2.0 and 256k memory
About Date Wheel (TM)
DateWheel easily calculatesthetime between two dates.
Thebest User Interface for date calculators
Missing your handy plastic date wheel when you
switched over from your paper planner to a PDA?
Date Wheel is the electronic version of the plastic wheel-shapedcalendarused by businesses to calculate lead times. It can also be usedto calculate the time between two dates or to calculate the Julian datefor any day of the year. Thetime is calculated in months, weeks, days, and business days. This handyprogram performs all thefunctions of your plastic wheel and more. New 'today' lockfeature makes countdowns automatic! Save tasks for futurereference. Use for both business applications and personalapplications?anytime you need to quickly calculate the time between twodates.
New feature allows for saving tasks for future reference!
Date Wheel supports 5 way navigation. The user interface wasdesigned to fit any user's needs, including being optimized for theTreo. All the screens can bemanipulated via a stylus, fingers (using the larger fingertip buttons),5 way navigation, keyboards, and/or Graffiti.
Features include:
- Calculates time in months,weeks, days, or business daysbetween any two points in time.
- Calculates end date given a start date and duration.
- Calculates start date given and end date and duration.
- Save tasks for futurereference.
- Special "today" checkboxthat updates daily to better track countdowns.
- Intuitive user interface
- Displays day-of-the-week for start and end dates.
- Adjustable audio and visual feedback.
- Special locking feature to keep preferred areaconstant.
- Large navigationbuttons -- easier to use with fingers vs stylus.
- 5-way navigationbutton support--easier use when on the go!
- Date format automatically configures based on yourmain preferences on your PDA, including color scheme.
- Option to include end date in duration.
- Option to use financial (30 day) months with three decimal places.
- Date Wheel is a Palm Powered Solution (TM)
Applications/Examples
- Project Planning
- Lead Time estimating
- Time Management
- Financial forecasting
- Medical timing, such as pregnancy due dates
- Commonly used inthe Automotive, Construction, and Medical industries.
- Use Date Wheel to count down the days before animportant event.
- Track when shipments are due to arrive.
- Calculate how long something is overdue.
- Figure outwhen to schedule your next haircut.
- Count down the days until your next paycheck.
- Find the day of the week for any date in the past,present, or future.
- Calculate the Julian date of any day by setting thestart date to12/31.
"Evertry to calculate these kinds of things in your head...?""(Date Wheel) is auseful tool for project planning, time management, ... estimating leadtimes, ... (to) count down to an important event, estimate shipping andarrival times, determine the exact age of a relative or friend... Ever try to calculate these kinds of things in your head or using acalendar?" -- Handheld Computing Magazine
"Best user interface""I've triedseveral date calculators and keep coming back to DateWheel. It has the best user interface--love the fingertipbuttons. No need for a stylus on my Treo 650." -- D.M., customer
"...most critical and utilized application on myPDA""I...continue to use [DateWheel] very happily on my PDA and recommend it toanyone working with schedules on a PDA. Date Wheel is the mostcritical and utilized application on my PDA, which would have becomeanother piece of orphaned technology if it weren't for Date Wheel." --MJL, customer
