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abraham10

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Registered: 2010-04-20

Posts: 77

Conky - How to set time from Military to Locale

Hi my names abraham and well this is some information that took me a while to get and well I wanted to pass it on. I had recently installed conky-colors from here and well whenever I would put the time it would make it Military. I found a way to change it by modifying .conkyrc where it says ${time %H} and I switched it to ${time %I}. This is how my conky looks like:

also I used this page for the time info: link

here is my configuration:

######################
# - Conky settings - #
######################
update_interval 1
total_run_times 0
net_avg_samples 1
cpu_avg_samples 1

imlib_cache_size 0
double_buffer yes
no_buffers yes

#####################
# - Text settings - #
#####################
use_xft yes
xftfont Liberation Sans:size=8
override_utf8_locale yes
text_buffer_size 2048

#############################
# - Window specifications - #
#############################
own_window_class Conky
own_window yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

alignment top_right
gap_x 25
gap_y 65
minimum_size 182 0
maximum_width 182

default_bar_size 60 8

#########################
# - Graphics settings - #
#########################
draw_shades no

default_color FFFFFF #3C3B37

color0 FFFFFF #92927
color1 FFFFFF #394659 #C6B9A6
color2 FFFFFF #292927

TEXT
${font Liberation Sans:style=Bold:size=8}SYSTEM $stippled_hr${font}
##############
# - SYSTEM - #
##############
${color0}${voffset 6}${font OpenLogos:size=19}B${font}${color}${goto 32}${voffset -14}Kernel:  ${alignr}${color2}${kernel}${color}
${goto 32}Uptime: ${alignr}${color2}${uptime}${color}
# |--CPU
${offset 1}${color0}${font Poky:size=16}P${font}${offset -19}${voffset 9}${cpubar cpu0 4,18}${color}${voffset -16}${goto 32}CPU1: ${font Liberation Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${color1}${cpu cpu1}%${font} ${alignr}${font Liberation Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${color1}${execi 30 sensors | grep 'Core 0' | cut -c15-16}°C${color}${font}  ${color2}${cpugraph cpu1 8,50 C6B9A6 C6B9A6}${color}
${goto 32}CPU2: ${font Liberation Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${color1}${cpu cpu2}%${font} ${alignr}${font Liberation Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${color1}${execi 30 sensors | grep 'Core 1' | cut -c15-16}°C${color}${font}  ${color2}${cpugraph cpu2 8,50 C6B9A6 C6B9A6}${color}
# |--MEM
${color0}${font Poky:size=16}M${font}${color}${goto 32}${voffset -7}RAM: ${font Liberation Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${color1}$memperc%${color}${font}
${offset 1}${voffset 2}${color0}${membar 4,18}${color}${goto 32}${voffset -2}F: ${color2}${memeasyfree}${color} U: ${color2}${mem}${color}
# |--CPU
${voffset 2}${color0}${font Poky:size=14}s${font}${color}${voffset -8}${goto 32}SWAP: ${font Liberation Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${color1}${swapperc}%${color}${font}
${voffset 4}${offset 1}${color2}${swapbar 4,18}${color}${voffset -4}${goto 32}F: ${color2}$swapmax${color} U: ${color2}$swap${color}
# |--BATTERY
${color0}${font Poky:size=13}E${font}${color}${goto 32}${voffset -5}Battery: ${font Liberation Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${color1}${battery_percent BAT0}%${color}${font} ${alignr}${color2}${battery_bar 8,60 BAT0}${color}
# |--PROC
${voffset 2}${color0}${font Poky:size=15}a${font}${color}${goto 32}${voffset -10}Processes: ${color2}${alignr 13}CPU${alignr}RAM${color}
${voffset -1}${goto 42}${color2}${top name 1}${color}${font Liberation Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${color1} ${goto 124}${top cpu 1}${alignr }${top mem 1}${color}${font}
${voffset -1}${goto 42}${color2}${top name 2}${color}${font Liberation Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${color1} ${goto 124}${top cpu 2}${alignr }${top mem 2}${color}${font}
${voffset -1}${goto 42}${color2}${top name 3}${color}${font Liberation Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${color1} ${goto 124}${top cpu 3}${alignr }${top mem 3}${color}${font}
${voffset -1}${goto 42}${color2}${top name 4}${color}${font Liberation Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${color1} ${goto 124}${top cpu 4}${alignr }${top mem 4}${color}${font}
${voffset -1}${goto 42}${color2}${top name 5}${color}${font Liberation Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${color1} ${goto 124}${top cpu 5}${alignr }${top mem 5}${color}${font}
#############
# - CLOCK - #
#############
${voffset 4}${font Liberation Sans:style=Bold:size=8}DATE $stippled_hr${font}
${voffset -12}${goto 28}${font Arial Black:size=38}${color2}${time %I}#this is where I modded it.
${color}${font}${voffset -28}${font Liberation Sans:style=Bold:size=11}${color2}${time :%M}${time :%S}${color}${font}
${voffset -2}${goto 100}${font Liberation Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${color2}${time %A}${color}${font}
${goto 100}${time %d %b %Y}
###############
# - NETWORK - #
###############
${voffset 4}${font Liberation Sans:style=Bold:size=8}NETWORK $stippled_hr${font}
# |--WLAN0
${if_up wlan0}
${voffset -13}${color0}${font VariShapes Solid:size=14}q${font}${color}${goto 32}${voffset -6}Up: ${font Liberation Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${color1}${upspeed wlan0}${color}${font} ${alignr}${color2}${upspeedgraph wlan0 8,60 C6B9A6 C6B9A6}${color}
${goto 32}Total: ${color2}${totalup wlan0}${color}
${voffset -2}${color0}${font VariShapes Solid:size=14}Q${font}${color}${goto 32}${voffset -6}Down: ${font Liberation Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${color1}${downspeed wlan0}${color}${font} ${alignr}${color2}${downspeedgraph wlan0 8,60 C6B9A6 C6B9A6}${color}
${goto 32}Total: ${color2}${totaldown wlan0}${color}
${voffset -2}${color0}${font Poky:size=14}Y${font}${color}${goto 32} ${voffset -2}Signal: ${font Liberation Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${color1}${wireless_link_qual wlan0}%${color}${font} ${alignr}${color2}${wireless_link_bar 8,60 wlan0}${color}
${voffset 4}${color0}${font Poky:size=13}w${font}${color}${goto 32}${voffset -8}Local IP: ${alignr}${color2}${addr wlan0}${color}
${goto 32}Public IP: ${alignr}${color2}${execi 10800 ~/.conkycolors/bin/conkyIp}${color}
# |--ETH0
${else}${if_up eth0}
${voffset -13}${color0}${font VariShapes Solid:size=14}q${font}${color}${goto 32}${voffset -6}Up: ${font Liberation Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${color1}${upspeed eth0}${color}${font} ${alignr}${color2}${upspeedgraph eth0 8,60 C6B9A6 C6B9A6}${color}
${goto 32}Total: ${color2}${totalup eth0}${color}
${voffset -2}${color0}${font VariShapes Solid:size=14}Q${font}${color}${goto 32}${voffset -6}Down: ${font Liberation Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${color1}${downspeed eth0}${color}${font} ${alignr}${color2}${downspeedgraph eth0 8,60 C6B9A6 C6B9A6}${color}
${goto 32}Total: ${color2}${totaldown eth0}${color}
${voffset -2}${color0}${font Poky:size=13}w${font}${color}${goto 32}${voffset -4}Local IP: ${alignr}${color2}${addr eth0}${color}
${goto 32}Public IP: ${alignr}${color2}${execi 10800 ~/.conkycolors/bin/conkyIp}${color}
# |--PPP0
${endif}${else}${if_up ppp0}
${voffset -13}${color0}${font VariShapes Solid:size=14}q${font}${color}${goto 32}${voffset -6}Up: ${font Liberation Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${color1}${upspeed ppp0}${color}${font} ${alignr}${color2}${upspeedgraph ppp0 8,60 C6B9A6 C6B9A6}${color}
${goto 32}Total: ${color2}${totalup ppp0}${color}
${voffset -2}${color0}${font VariShapes Solid:size=14}Q${font}${color}${goto 32}${voffset -6}Down: ${font Liberation Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${color1}${downspeed ppp0}${color}${font} ${alignr}${color2}${downspeedgraph ppp0 8,60 C6B9A6 C6B9A6}${color}
${goto 32}Total: ${color2}${totaldown ppp0}${color}
${voffset -2}${color0}${font Poky:size=13}w${font}${color}${goto 32}${voffset -4}Local IP: ${alignr}${color2}${addr ppp0}${color}
${endif}${else}${voffset 4}${color0}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=12}4${font}${color}${goto 32}Network Unavailable${endif}${endif}

Last edited by abraham10 (2010-06-27 03:24:42)

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lagagnon

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Re: Conky - How to set time from Military to Locale

In a terminal type "man date". That will show you the standard Unix time/date formats and then you decide how you want it to look using those specific "%x" format identifiers in conky.

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abraham10

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Registered: 2010-04-20

Posts: 77

Re: Conky - How to set time from Military to Locale

Actually I used the man strftime for that. The thing is, I was just passing on the knowledge in case someone else needed it.

Last edited by abraham10 (2010-06-27 05:41:01)

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Beginner's Wiki.
Pacman Man.
AUR.

tomk

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Registered: 2004-07-21

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Re: Conky - How to set time from Military to Locale

The wiki is the best place to pass on info to other users - feel free to edit the wiki's conky page as required.