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html5 svg analog clock
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<title>Analog Clock</title>
<script>
function updateTime() { // Update the SVG clock
var now = new Date();
var sec = now.getSeconds();
var min = now.getMinutes();
var hour = (now.getHours() % 12) + min/60;
var secangle = sec*6;
var minangle = min*6;
var hourangle = hour*30;
// Get SVG elements for the hands of the clock
var sechand = document.getElementById('secondhand');
var minhand = document.getElementById("minutehand");
var hourhand = document.getElementById("hourhand");
// Set an SVG attribute on them to move them around the clock face
sechand.setAttribute("transform", "rotate(" + secangle + ",50,50)");
minhand.setAttribute("transform", "rotate(" + minangle + ",50,50)");
hourhand.setAttribute("transform", "rotate(" + hourangle + ",50,50)");
setTimeout(updateTime, 1000);
}
</script>
<style>
/* These CSS styles all apply to the SVG elements defined below */
#clock {
/* styles for everything in the clock */
stroke: black;
/* black lines */
stroke-linecap: round;
/* with rounded ends */
fill: #eef;
/* on a light blue gray background */
}
#face { stroke-width: 3px;}
/* clock face outline */
#ticks { stroke-width: 2; }
/* lines that mark each hour */
#hourhand {stroke-width: 5px;}
/* wide hour hand */
#minutehand {stroke-width: 3px;} /* narrow minute hand */
#secondhand {stroke-width: 1px;}
#numbers {
/* how to draw the numbers */
font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold;
text-anchor: middle; stroke: none; fill: black;
}
</style>
</head>
<body onload="updateTime()">
<!-- viewBox is coordinate system, width and height are on-screen size -->
<svg id="clock" viewBox="0 0 100 100" width="500" height="500">
<circle id="face" cx="50" cy="50" r="45"/> <!-- the clock face -->
<g id="ticks">
<!-- 12 hour tick marks -->
<line x1='50' y1='5.000' x2='50.00' y2='10.00'/>
<line x1='72.50' y1='11.03' x2='70.00' y2='15.36'/>
<line x1='88.97' y1='27.50' x2='84.64' y2='30.00'/>
<line x1='95.00' y1='50.00' x2='90.00' y2='50.00'/>
<line x1='88.97' y1='72.50' x2='84.64' y2='70.00'/>
<line x1='72.50' y1='88.97' x2='70.00' y2='84.64'/>
<line x1='50.00' y1='95.00' x2='50.00' y2='90.00'/>
<line x1='27.50' y1='88.97' x2='30.00' y2='84.64'/>
<line x1='11.03' y1='72.50' x2='15.36' y2='70.00'/>
<line x1='5.000' y1='50.00' x2='10.00' y2='50.00'/>
<line x1='11.03' y1='27.50' x2='15.36' y2='30.00'/>
<line x1='27.50' y1='11.03' x2='30.00' y2='15.36'/>
</g>
<g id="numbers">
<!-- Number the cardinal directions-->
<text x="50" y="18">12</text><text x="85" y="53">3</text>
<text x="50" y="88">6</text><text x="15" y="53">9</text>
</g>
<!-- Draw hands pointing straight up. We rotate them in the code. -->
<g id="hands"> <!-- Add shadows to the hands -->
<line id="hourhand" x1="50" y1="50" x2="50" y2="24"/>
<line id="minutehand" x1="50" y1="50" x2="50" y2="20"/>
<line id="secondhand" x1="50" y1="50" x2="50" y2="16"/>
</g>
</svg>
</body>
</html>
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I have used your gist on my project, sorry for late notice to original author. Would you forgive me? Thanks.

https://github.com/hansanghoon/DashboardWidgets/tree/4bb1b897f220b7bf49e4bed6a77a97ca01373933/MechanicalClock

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