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Customize date format in Gnome taskbar

Scribbled on Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Updated on: 31 July, 2008 at 5:22 PM IST

I don’t like the default format in taskbar. So lets try to change the format to a custom one to your liking.

Default format is Mon Jun 23, 6:32:54 AM

Lets try to make it 25th week, Monday 23 June 2008 6:40:00 AM IST +0530

Here is the step by step procedure:

gconf-editor

Now navigate to apps > panel > applets > applet_x (where the x corresponds to the number for clock applet), on clicking through applet_x watch out for the bonobo_iid value set as OAFIID:GNOME_ClockApplet in right pane, this is the clock applet you are looking for

go to applet_x > prefs (where the applet_x is the clock applet which you found in previous step)

Now look out for the “format” name and set its value to “custom” by double clicking on “format”, other values you can fill are 12-hour, 24-hour, unix and internet, but for our purpose its value should be “custom”

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5 Responses to “Customize date format in Gnome taskbar”
1

informative… very informative post!

By Ani (infra_red_dude) on Mon 23rd Jun, 2008
2

Phew! So many steps to change the date format.

Thanks for the trick

By Rajbir Singh on Mon 23rd Jun, 2008
3

@Ani
thanks
i use it to decrease the space occupied by the date and time display, quite opposite to the goal in this post…lolz

@Rajbir
yeah, the other method is editing xml file, that would be easier but will be more taxing on common users who like it by point and click.
Though its pretty much useless post by me

By T on Mon 23rd Jun, 2008
4

@narangz
No bhai.. this is just like hacking into windows registry and displaying your name alongside the clock etc. basically deviating from the normal thing. For changing options like day, date, seconds, 12/24 hr etc. just right click and select the options.

@jit
I can know include this in the upcoming mac4lin 1.0 scripts to make the clock like mac

By Ani (infra_red_dude) on Mon 23rd Jun, 2008
5

@Ani
that would be awesome

By T on Tue 24th Jun, 2008