Help me pick a name for my app

13 pointsrobertgaal17y ago27 comments

I'm developing a simple service that converts timezones. Yes, I know this already exists, but the difference will be in the details.

I'm looking for a fun and remarkable (domain-)name for this app. Something around clocks, times, dates, timezones, different locations, etc.

I thought it would be cool to ask you guys as a kind of experiment, and hopefully something great will come along. So HN, could you help me out?

13 pointsrobertgaal17y ago27 comments

I'm developing a simple service that converts timezones. Yes, I know this already exists, but the difference will be in the details.

I'm looking for a fun and remarkable (domain-)name for this app. Something around clocks, times, dates, timezones, different locations, etc.

I thought it would be cool to ask you guys as a kind of experiment, and hopefully something great will come along. So HN, could you help me out?

27 comments

23 comments · 18 top-level

pclark17y ago· 2 in thread

whatsthetime.in

would be quite neat to go to http://whatsthetime.in/London

markessien17y ago

You win. Can't do better than that, I'd say.

listic17y ago

You may want to look into possibilities of securing even shorter domain name, i.e. ideally it would be http://time.in/London

2 more replies

jparicka17y ago· 1 in thread

simpleservicethatconvertstimezoneswiththedifferenceinthedetails.com

andr17y ago

Make sure you get the .net and .org before domain spammers steal it.

listic17y ago· 1 in thread

You may want to see how Yandex did it: http://time.yandex.ru There are links for switching between analog and digital clock on top of the page.

I've found this service by pure accident. Once I've needed to know what time is it now in some other city and I thought "hasn't Yandex made a service for this already?" It turned out, they did!

IMO, that's the ideal version of this service. But if you invented something better (the details you mentioned) - more power to you!

listic17y ago

One other service I discovered the similar way is http://mirror.yandex.ru - it turned out that they maintain a comprehensive mirror of open source software, might be useful if you live in Russia; I actually get downloads at higher speeds because Yandex has special agreement with my ISP (Peterstar).

robertgaalOP17y ago· 1 in thread

All very good submissions! No real winner yet thought, and not all are available domain names.

hopin17y ago

yourglobaltime.com

sjs38217y ago

jacktheticker, some variation of coo coo clock (cucuclock?), stophammertime, zonedrone, ticktockclock, ticktocktime, hourhand, hourglassfast, sundial, moondial,

Chron Jeremy -- has a built in mascot. a hedgehog

Didn't check them for availability at all, but that's a quick brainstorm...

floatingatoll17y ago

timezo.ne is available.

macco17y ago

huntanelk.com

Is elk common in the us?

bravura17y ago

whattheclock.com

What the clock!?

slater17y ago

outtati.me

(and many other *ti.me possibilities)

davidbnewquist17y ago

time-ster! J/k. Maybe time2time?

sambeau17y ago

tickr

AlexTheFounder17y ago

timez, timeflip, timeside, timezoo

blender17y ago

chronvert.com is available...

visitor4rmindia17y ago

Tick-Tock!

jonsen17y ago

timeonspot

selfish17y ago

how about just "cuckoo"?

seren6ipity17y ago

timezonal.com

dw0rm17y ago

timeconv.com

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

27 comments

23 comments · 18 top-level

pclark17y ago· 2 in thread

whatsthetime.in

would be quite neat to go to http://whatsthetime.in/London

markessien17y ago

You win. Can't do better than that, I'd say.

listic17y ago

You may want to look into possibilities of securing even shorter domain name, i.e. ideally it would be http://time.in/London

2 more replies

jparicka17y ago· 1 in thread

simpleservicethatconvertstimezoneswiththedifferenceinthedetails.com

andr17y ago

Make sure you get the .net and .org before domain spammers steal it.

listic17y ago· 1 in thread

You may want to see how Yandex did it: http://time.yandex.ru There are links for switching between analog and digital clock on top of the page.

I've found this service by pure accident. Once I've needed to know what time is it now in some other city and I thought "hasn't Yandex made a service for this already?" It turned out, they did!

IMO, that's the ideal version of this service. But if you invented something better (the details you mentioned) - more power to you!

listic17y ago

robertgaalOP17y ago· 1 in thread

All very good submissions! No real winner yet thought, and not all are available domain names.

hopin17y ago

yourglobaltime.com

sjs38217y ago

jacktheticker, some variation of coo coo clock (cucuclock?), stophammertime, zonedrone, ticktockclock, ticktocktime, hourhand, hourglassfast, sundial, moondial,

Chron Jeremy -- has a built in mascot. a hedgehog

Didn't check them for availability at all, but that's a quick brainstorm...

floatingatoll17y ago

timezo.ne is available.

macco17y ago

huntanelk.com

Is elk common in the us?

bravura17y ago

whattheclock.com

What the clock!?

slater17y ago

outtati.me