Add day and month to clock

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richb
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Add day and month to clock

#1 Post by richb »

For MX-15

I like to see the day and month in the clock. without expanding the panel to an enormous width, or hovering. This can be done by adding two more time and date items. The day format is:

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%a
And month/numerical date format is

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%m-%d
This works best on larger monitors, and may not be appropriate for smaller ones.
Last edited by richb on Sat Oct 29, 2016 9:52 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: added caveat re smaller monitors.
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Re: Add day and month to clock

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If you widen the panel too much then the notification icons will be in 2 columns. It also messes with setting the panel horizontally
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Re: Add day and month to clock

#3 Post by richb »

anticapitalista wrote:If you widen the panel too much then the notification icons will be in 2 columns. It also messes with setting the panel horizontally
Agreed but it does not need to be widened too much with this approach. The image I provided has an increased font, 10 point for the clocks, and since it is so large, overly emphasizes panel width. I have it set to 63. But I have a 1920 x 1080 screen on a 21 inch monitor, so it works well. It may not be for those with lower screen resolutions and smaller displays. Also my notification panel is in one column achieved by increasing the icon size to 32.
I will add some words to the effect that it works best on larger monitors.
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Re: Add day and month to clock

#4 Post by aus9 »

If you prefer a hozontal panel and a fullish date I use
%A %d/%m %X
aussies use day number of month/month hours min secs

-- I have a double space between month and hours

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US citizens may swap to

%A %m/%d %X

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