Editorial Review of Calendar Magic
There must be a lot of calendar geeks, because Calendar Magic is
a perennial favorite, even though it's more of an educational tool
than a scheduling tool. Any interest in calendars beyond the
January half-price sales is amply rewarded by this program, which
offers an astonishing 23 calendar systems for use, study and
comparison. There are also numerous tools that calculate and
convert data, from a global distance calculator to a pregnancy
calculator.
Approximately 16 functions in the program deal with calendar-
and date-related information. You can also chart the positions of
the sun and moon relative to your physical location. Four tools
deal with time: an alarm clock, a stopwatch, an addictive reaction
timer, and another that reveals the current time almost anywhere on
the planet. Five more tools manage your personal notes and event
reminders, while another ten are primarily concerned with
mathematical calculations and conversions. Kids in particular will
enjoy the "Magic Square" calculator. One final button is
mysteriously labeled, "For later use."
You could pay for other programs that provide some of the features
in Calendar Magic, but you won't pay for Calendar Magic, because
it's freeware. --Leigh Anne Jones
Description of Calendar Magic
Full year and monthly calendars for 26 different calendar systems.
Alternative planning calendars.
A month-by-month, side-by-side comparison of any two of the calendar systems. The display remains synchronised as you change day, month and year values in either calendar system being viewed.
Date conversions among the supported calendar systems.
British regnal date conversion.
Lists of Western Christian, Eastern Orthodox, Buddhist, Chinese, Hebrew, Hindu, Islamic, Baha'i and Sikh festivals.
"Observed Days" for any year from 1990 for around 230 countries worldwide.
"Date Detective" command button to tabulate the weekday on which a specified Gregorian date d/m occurs for each of the years in the specified range y1 to y2.
The ability to create, display, update and delete reminders for events (birthdays, anniversaries, meetings etc.).
A Quick Notes facility.
Alarm clock and stopwatch facilities.
A time calculator for performing arithmetic with times.
"This is your life" information including day-of-the-week on which you were born, number of days you have lived etc.
Number of days between any two dates in the Gregorian calendar.
Calculation of the date n days, weeks, months or years before or after a specified Gregorian date, where n is a whole number.
Special Julian to Gregorian change-over calendars for various countries.
Solar and lunar astronomical data.
Shortest (great circle) distances between any two of 18000 locations across the world.
Current local time and date in any of these 18000 locations.
Some major utilities (big numbers calculator, scientific calculator, expression calculator, geometry calculator, factor calculator, fraction calculator, continued fraction calculator, statistics calculator, number base converter, Travelling Salesman problem, currency converter, financial calculator, ovulation calculator, pregnancy calculator, BAC calculator, BMI, calculator, unit converter, magic squares etc).
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