Global timepiece

Claim 1

A global timepiece comprising: `(a) a source of clock pulse signals; (b) a counter circuit coupled to said clock pulse signal source and responsive to said clock pulse signals, said counter circuit including at least a time-counting circuit for electronically counting the time of the day of a basic district, a day-counting circuit for electronically counting days of said basic district, and a month-counting circuit for electronically counting months of said basic district; (c) control means coupled to said counter circuit and responsive at least to the day count of said day-counting circuit for switching the last day of a given month to the first day of the next month in accordance with the calendar; (d) designating means for designating a district which has a time which is different from the time of said basic district; (e) time correction means coupled to said designating means for supplying a time difference signal representative of the time difference between times of the basic district and of the designated district to at least said time-counting circuit of said counter circuit to thereby change the current time of the basic district to the current time of the designated district; (f) detector means coupled to said designating means for detecting that the current date of said designated district precedes the current date of said basic district and for producing a detection output responsive to said detection; (g) day-detecting means coupled to said day-counting circuit for detecting whether the date of said basic district is the first day of a month; (h) means coupled to said day-detecting means and to said day-counting circuit for subtracting a count of "1" from the count of said day-counting circuit when said day-detecting means detects that the date of said basic district is not the first day of a month; (i) converting means coupled to said day-detecting means, to said detector means and to said day-counting circuit for converting the count value of said day-counting circuit into a specific code which represents a notation which differs from the notations corresponding to the numerals on the ordinary calendar when both said day-detecting means detects that the date of said basic district is the first day of a month and said detector means produces said detection output; and (j) display means coupled at least to said converting means for indicating the data represented by said specific code.