Terms

These terms cover this website. The Atlas Time app remains licensed through the App Store under Apple's terms.

Effective August 18, 2026

The app license

Atlas Time is licensed, not sold. Unless a custom license is presented with the app, your use of Atlas Time is governed by Apple's Standard End User License Agreement. These website terms do not replace, modify, or supersede that agreement.

Using this website

You may use this site to learn about Atlas Time, obtain support, and review its privacy and terms. Please do not interfere with the site, attempt to misuse it, or reproduce Atlas Time branding in a way that suggests affiliation or endorsement.

Purchases and refunds

Atlas Time purchases are processed by Apple. Pricing, payment, purchase history, availability, and refund requests are subject to the App Store's applicable terms and processes.

Information and availability

Atlas Time and this website are provided with care, but uninterrupted availability and perfect accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Time-zone rules and source data can change. Do not use Atlas Time where an error could create a safety-critical, legal, medical, financial, or emergency risk.

Ownership and third-party material

Atlas Time's original application design, software, website design, writing, branding, and beacon artwork belong to Howard Patty. The app and site also use the following third-party imagery and data under their respective terms.

Apple trademarks. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, and iPad are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries and regions. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries and regions.

NASA Earth imagery. The app's daylight map uses twelve monthly 2004 composites from NASA Blue Marble Next Generation (2005). This website's animated map uses an August 2004 derivative from that set. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory; Blue Marble Next Generation produced by Reto Stöckli, NASA Earth Observatory. The night maps are derived from NASA Black Marble 2016. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Suomi NPP VIIRS data from Miguel Román, NASA GSFC.

Atlas Time resizes and color-grades these source images and uses them consistently with NASA's Images and Media Usage Guidelines. NASA does not endorse Atlas Time. No NASA insignia, logotype, identifier, or other mark is used as Atlas Time branding.

Time-zone and place data.

  • IANA Time Zone Database 2026c — public-domain time-zone data, identified for provenance.
  • Unicode CLDR 48.2 — Copyright © 1991–2026 Unicode, Inc.; distributed under the Unicode License v3.
  • GeoNames snapshot 2026-08-01 — contains information from GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0, transformed and curated by Atlas Time.
  • Natural Earth 5.1.2 — public-domain data. Made with Natural Earth.

Changes and contact

These website terms may be updated as Atlas Time evolves. The effective date above will change when material revisions are published. Questions may be sent to support@howardpatty.com.