We just had a discussion about clock replacements, and I came across this. It can display the date and time in several formats and is not affected by Windowblinds.
"AlfaClock is a handy taskbar clock with powerful capabilities and stylish design. It comes with Atomic clock Synchronization feature, alarm, ISO8601 compliant calendar, and date/time announcer. AlfaClock takes very little system resources and is fully compatible with Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP. You can download and use this software free of charge."
