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Asked: 2017-10-25 18:34:59 +0800 CST

How do I customize the date/time display in GNOME Shell's top bar?

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Time indicator is shown as "%a %H:%M" in the center of the top bar.

How do I move it back to the right where it belongs, and make it include the full date and time ("%Y-%m-%d %s %H:%M")?

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  1. Best Answer

    You may achieve your goal using some GNOME shell extensions.

    Moving clock to the right

    You may use Frippery Move Clock.

    See this Q&A for more options.

    Changing date & time format

    You may use Clock override. It lets you

    Override the Gnome Shell clock with a new time format or text of your choice.

    It supports Python's strftime format (so you'll be able to set your preferred "%Y-%m-%d %s %H:%M" format to display).

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  2. Panel Date Format is another GNOME Shell extension that allows you to modify the formatting of date and time in the top panel, e.g. to include the current week number.

    I used 

    dconf write /org/gnome/shell/extensions/panel-date-format/format "'%a (KW %V) %d.%m.%y %H:%M'"

    to display below format:

    enter image description here

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  3. Another place to look:- Ubuntu Software Centre - certainly in Ubuntu 17.10. If you search for "clock" a whole list of different programs is displayed, Clock Override among them.

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