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Asked: 2011-05-03 12:37:10 +0800 CST

How to show seconds on the clock in GNOME 3?

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Is it possible to show the seconds on the clock in GNOME 3?

gnome-shell

5 Answers

  1. Not sure when this path changed, but as of Ubuntu 13.04 the seconds display can be set in the terminal with:

    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface clock-show-seconds true

    To turn seconds display off:

    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface clock-show-seconds false

    and checked with:

    gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface clock-show-seconds
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  2. GUI way:

    1. launch gnome-tweak-tool, sometimes called Advanced Settings
    2. click the Top Bar menu
    3. enable Show seconds
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  3. Best Answer

    The most user-friendly way to do this, (on 20.04 LTS) seems to be:

    sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool

    and then launch "Tweaks" either by searching for it in Applications menu or launching gnome-tweaks from terminal.

    From there you'll see something like this:

    Gnome Tweak Tool - Top Bar seconds adjustment

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  4. Yes, run this command in a Terminal:

    gsettings set org.gnome.shell.clock show-seconds true

    And you can verify with:

    gsettings get org.gnome.shell.clock show-seconds

    Or you can install dconf-tools Install dconf-tools and use dconf-editor to browse to org.gnome.shell.clock

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  5. For MATE Desktop (the continuation and fork of GNOME 2 with GTK+ 3 support), you can achieve this using the graphical user interface (GUI)!

    • Right-click on date and time:
      enter image description here
    • Go to Preferences
    • Now enable the Show seconds
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    The end result:
    enter image description here

    Drink beer and Vote me up, cause it rocks!

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