[obsolete¹] Replacement for Powerdot clock. (1) as of Powerdot-1.5c, 2017-08-28

pdclock.sty

% Copyright 2017--today Alexander Grahn
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\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}

\def\@pdclock@version{2017/08/18}

\ProvidesPackage{pdclock}
[\@pdclock@version\space replacement for Powerdot clock]

\RequirePackage{pdfbase}

\ExplSyntaxOn
\let\pd@PdfAnnot\pbs_pdfannot:nnnn\let\pd@PdfLastAnn\pbs_pdflastann:
\let\pd@AppendToFields\pbs_appendtofields:n
\ExplSyntaxOff

\newcount\pd@clockcnt
\def\pd@startclock#1#2{%
  function pdshowtime(){%
    var pdtime=new Date();%
    this.getField("pdclock.\the\pd@clockcnt").value=util.printd("#1",pdtime);%
    this.dirty=false;%
  }%
  pdshowtime();%
  var pdclock_\the\pd@clockcnt=app.setInterval("pdshowtime()",#2);%
}%

\let\pdclock@pdftrans\pd@pdftrans
\def\pd@pdftrans{%
  \def\pd@tempa##1,##2,##3\@nil{##1 ##2 ##3}%
  \extractcolorspec\pd@@clockcolor\pd@tempb
  \expandafter\convertcolorspec\pd@tempb{rgb}\pd@tempb
  \edef\pd@tempa{\expandafter\pd@tempa\pd@tempb\@nil}%
  \ifx\pd@@clockpos\@empty\else
    \@tempdima=\pd@@clockcharsize
    \rput[\pd@@clockhook](\pd@@clockpos){%
      \makebox[\pd@@clockwidth][l]{\rule{0pt}{\pd@@clockheight}%
        \pd@PdfAnnot{\pd@@clockwidth}{\pd@@clockheight}{0pt}{%
          /Subtype/Widget/FT/Tx/T (pdclock.\the\pd@clockcnt) /Ff 1
          /DA (/Helv \strip@pt\@tempdima\space Tf \pd@tempa\space rg)
          /MK<</R \ifnum\pd@orient=\z@ 90\else 0\fi /BG []/BC []>>
          /Q \pd@@clockalign\space
          /AA <<
            /PO << /S/JavaScript/JS(\pd@startclock\pd@@clockformat\pd@@clockrefresh) >>
            /PC << /S/JavaScript/JS(app.clearInterval(pdclock_\the\pd@clockcnt);) >>
          >>
        }%
      }%
      \pd@AppendToFields{\pd@PdfLastAnn}%
      \global\advance\pd@clockcnt by \@ne%
    }%
  \fi
  \pdclock@pdftrans%
}

\endinput
%%
%% End of file `pdclock.sty'.

Use package pdclock as follows:

\documentclass{powerdot} %don't use option `clock'

%this enables the new clock
\usepackage{pdclock}

%set up clock appearance as usual
\pdsetup{
  clockrefresh=60000,
  clockformat=h:MM tt
}

\usepackage{animate}

\begin{document}
\begin{slide}{Animation}

\begin{center}
  \begin{animateinline}[loop,autoplay]{1}
    \multiframe{10}{i=0+1}{\fbox{\Huge\i}}
  \end{animateinline}
\end{center}
  
\end{slide}

\begin{slide}{A dumb slide}

\end{slide}

\end{document}