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wim
Asked: 2011-11-29 16:55:32 +0800 CST

How do I show date next to time in the panel with gnome-shell?

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I would like to show the date in the bar up the top there (next to the time). I can not see any obvious way to enable this.

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  1. Best Answer

    As a regular user run this in a terminal when using GNOME Shell:

    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface clock-show-date true
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  2. Not an ubuntu user but, if you install gnome-tweak-tool, you'll have a nice gui to adjust things like this.

    I'm guessing your install from repo might be something like:

    apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool
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  3. For Ubuntu 17.10, I found using the gnome-tweak-tool to be the most convenient way.

    • Install gnome-tweak-tool if not already installed.

       sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool

    • Start the tool, either from command line, $ gnome-tweak-tool or using Dash (tweak).

    • Select Top Bar from left and then make the necessary changes at right under Clock.

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  4. For most people, the command line option supplied by itnet7 is probably the quickest.

    However, if you like a GUI, you can use the tool dconf-editor. Simply run "dconf-editor". It is included by default with many distributions, but should be in the repositories if it isn't installed.

    One you've started dconf-editor, follow the tree of settings to: org-gnome-shell-clock

    and change the "Show date" checkbox (as shown below), and the seconds display for the clock too, if you like that sort of thing.

    dconf-editor settng for panel clock

    Edit: This has changed slightly for Ubuntu 12.10. Using dconf-editor, date & time settings are now located under com-canonical-indicator-appmenu-datetime.

    For GNOME Shell 3.30.2 the key is org.gnome.desktop.interface clock-show-date.

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  5. In Ubuntu 12.04 you click on the time in the bar then:

    • Click on Time & Settings
    • Click the Clock tab
    • In the clock, show:
      • Check Weekday and/or Date and month
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  6. I installed the "Clock override" extension for gnome-shell, which let's you configure how the date and time is displayed. https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1206/clock-override/

    Screenshot: "2018-05-03 14:32"

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  7. REF: How do I show date next to time in the panel with gnome-shell? Ubuntu 18.04: The tool "dconf-editor" also works GREAT in 18.04, although the location (in the editor) has changed. dconf-editor is easily added with the included Ubuntu Software app. Simply search for "date" with deconf-editor's search feature and turn date "on".

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