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Birds

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Registered: 2024-06-20

Posts: 10

Changing the date-time format in the GNOME top bar

Hi!

I would like to change the date-time format in the GNOME top bar (specifically, I'd like to remove the day of week, have the month displayed as a number and add the year), but I can't find a way to do that.

I tried:
1) Going to "Settings -> System -> Date & Time -> Clock & Calendar". Some things can be changed from there, but not what I want.
2) Installing the GNOME Tweaks application, as someone on the Internet suggested. Unfortunately I wasn't able to find anything related to the top bar there.

Please, help.

Thanks!

Head_on_a_Stick

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From: The Wirral

Registered: 2014-02-20

Posts: 9,003

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Re: Changing the date-time format in the GNOME top bar

How are your JavaScript skills?

https://gjs.guide/extensions/

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Birds

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Registered: 2024-06-20

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Re: Changing the date-time format in the GNOME top bar

@Head_on_a_Stick: they aren't particularly good, but thanks for the link anyway!

Last edited by Birds (2024-07-16 20:01:03)

eda2z

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From: Woodstock, IL

Registered: 2015-04-21

Posts: 71

Re: Changing the date-time format in the GNOME top bar

There are several gnome extensions already written which will allow you to change the date-time format in the top bar. https://extensions.gnome.org

yochananmarqos

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Registered: 2020-02-05

Posts: 222

Re: Changing the date-time format in the GNOME top bar

I'd like to remove the day of week

I tried:
1) Going to "Settings -> System -> Date & Time -> Clock & Calendar".

You just answered your own question. There are four options there including Week Day. Toggle what you want / don't want.

By the way, Week Day is not default to begin with, so you can disable it the same way you enabled it.