Clock display in System Tray
How do I set the clock display in the System Tray to display what day of the week it is? OS: Win7 x64 Ultimate I searched this venue for the subject and came up empty. I can't find anything online to address it either. I know previous MS OS's displayed day of week but I can't get Win7 to do it. Thanks in advance.
April 7th, 2010 2:22pm

Update: I discovered if I set the taskbar height to 1 unit tall, it displays time. 2 units tall displays time and date. 3 units tall displays time, date, day. On the subject machine I use my taskbar 2 units high (that means I see two rows of icons for running program windows across the bottom of my screen). How can I make it just show the day at 1 unit high, or time and day while 2 units high? Thanks.
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April 7th, 2010 2:41pm

Update: I discovered if I set the taskbar height to 1 unit tall, it displays time. 2 units tall displays time and date. 3 units tall displays time, date, day. On the subject machine I use my taskbar 2 units high (that means I see two rows of icons for running program windows across the bottom of my screen). How can I make it just show the day at 1 unit high, or time and day while 2 units high? Thanks. My clock displays as follows - is this what you want ? 16:47wednesday 07 apr Let me know and I will explain you how to get there :-) Regards Picsoe
April 7th, 2010 5:49pm

Update: I discovered if I set the taskbar height to 1 unit tall, it displays time. 2 units tall displays time and date. 3 units tall displays time, date, day. On the subject machine I use my taskbar 2 units high (that means I see two rows of icons for running program windows across the bottom of my screen). How can I make it just show the day at 1 unit high, or time and day while 2 units high? Thanks. My clock displays as follows - is this what you want ? 16:47wednesday 07 apr Let me know and I will explain you how to get there :-) Regards Picsoe That would work. How do I do that?
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April 7th, 2010 7:12pm

Start button Control Panel (category view) Clock Language and Region Region and Language Short date = dddd dd MMM That's it - enjoyRegards Picsoe
April 7th, 2010 7:52pm

Start button Control Panel (category view) Clock Language and Region Region and Language Short date = dddd dd MMM That's it - enjoy Regards Picsoe I had found and messed with these settings but found the same thing I find now with you directing me there. My options for Short Time are: M/d/yyyy M/d/yy MM/dd/yy yy/MM/dd yyyy-MM-dd dd-MMM-yy Even if I click "Additional settings.." there's no option for the dddd, etc. format like it offers up in Long Date. And does anyone know the difference between long date and short date? Seems pretty silly I have $15,000 worth of computers in front of my face (as well as a plugged-in clock) and nothing here can tell me what day it is! Maybe I need to be logged on as real admin (not the fake default junk). I'll try that over the weekend when the subject machine is not performing it's critical tasks. Meanwhile if anyone can figure out where I'm missing this one, I'll appreciate any assistance. It really should not be this complicated. It's a friggin clock display for Christ's sake. It's only as complicated as MS chooses to make it.
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April 8th, 2010 5:15am

Even if I click "Additional settings.." there's no option for the dddd, etc. format like it offers up in Long Date. I am sos sorry WhatFreakRuinedAllThis, I forgot a couple of steps.Here is the complete list of what you should do. Start button Control Panel (category view) Clock Language and Region Region and LanguageAdditional settings buttonDate tab (on top)Type the string that I gave earlier in the short date area I hope this will do, please let me know. Regards Picsoe
April 8th, 2010 10:21am

Try the steps below: 1. Click the system clock on the System Tray and then click "Change date and time settings…". 2. Click "Change date and time…" button. 3. Click "Change calendar settings". 4. On the Customize Format window, type dddd dd MMM into the Short date text box. 5. Click Apply. 6. Click OK. It seems the system clock in the system tray displays the Short date format, and some programs uses the Long date format. If you are interested, you can refer to: DateTimeFormatInfo Class Regards, Linda
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April 8th, 2010 10:23am

Try the steps below: 1. Click the system clock on the System Tray and then click "Change date and time settings…". 2. Click "Change date and time…" button. 3. Click "Change calendar settings". 4. On the Customize Format window, type dddd dd MMM into the Short date text box. 5. Click Apply. 6. Click OK. It seems the system clock in the system tray displays the Short date format, and some programs uses the Long date format. If you are interested, you can refer to: DateTimeFormatInfo Class Regards, Linda This is awesome! I never thought I would have been able to type into a dialogue box which incorporates a drop down. Maybe that's a new Win7 thing or maybe it's (been) me. Thanks! I now have "Thursday 04 08" as date display. I have also been able to set Time to "9:14" but I would love to see it say "9:14:38" displaying h:mm:ss but I can't seem to get the Short time dialogue box to accept it. Or is there a way I can tell System Tray to display Long time format? Thanks!
April 8th, 2010 4:17pm

Glad to hear it worked. J In Windows 7, the seconds is designed not being displayed in the system tray clock. For more information, refer to: Why doesn't the clock in the taskbar display seconds? However, you can use some third party tools to achieve this. Regards, Linda
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April 9th, 2010 9:09am

Glad to hear it worked. J In Windows 7, the seconds is designed not being displayed in the system tray clock. For more information, refer to: Why doesn't the clock in the taskbar display seconds? However, you can use some third party tools to achieve this. Regards, Linda Thanks Linda. You're a wealth of information. After a little more tweeking my time now says 7:27 and my date says Friday 09 (Friday the 9th day of the month). You rock!
April 9th, 2010 2:28pm

I had the same problem. The way you change the height of the taskbar is change the icons to small icons. You can do this by right clicking > properties > and check "use small icons" then only the time is displayed in the system tray.
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May 20th, 2010 11:44am

I just picked up on that too Hannah. It seems if you change how many units thick the bar is, it changes the manner in which it displays the date/ time. So all those settings are naught if you change the bar. On a high-res monitor it's a different setting and it just never ends. Looks like even though I am surrounded by tens of thousands of dolalrs worth of computers, I have to have a stupid paper calendar nailed to the wall so I can see what friggin day it is. Gotta love those caffiene addicts in Redmond. For the life of me I can't figure out how the people employed by such a sucessful company can be so damned stupid.
May 20th, 2010 9:44pm

You can also change the task bar height by right clicking on a blank area of the taskbar and click on lock taskbar if there is a checkmark next to it, otherwise leave it alone. Then position the mouse at the upper boundry of the task bar and the curser should change to a verticle double arrow. Hold the left mouse button down and you can drag the boundry to the desired height. For extra credit, you can also position the cursor on a blank area of the taskbar and left drag it to either side or the top of your screen. When you have it sized and positioned the way you want, you can right click on a blank area of the task bar and click on lock the taskbar again to prevent it from accidentally changing. Jerry
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May 20th, 2010 10:36pm

On Thu, 20 May 2010 08:44:58 +0000, Hannahm23 wrote: > I had the same problem. The way you change the height of the taskbar is change the icons to small icons. That's one way to do it. The task bar is resizable, like a window. Put the cursor on the edge and wiggle it slightly to make it turn into a double-headed arrow. Then click and drag it to the size you want. If it won't resize, it may be locked. In that case, right click on it and uncheck "Lock the Taskbar," Then try again. Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Ken Blake
May 20th, 2010 11:23pm

Alas! I'm using a 1920x1080 monitor with 150% zoom on IE. I have my taskbar vertical left; large icons. Icon size is only for quick launch and not sys tray. I find that if I use triple width I can see date/ day/ time. And I use auto-hide so that big tripple width taskbar is not consuming real estate. Thanks to everyone who helped out on this one. When you think about it, should it take all this effort to get a computer to tell me what day it is? Holy cow! I guess it's because I'm new and stupid. I've only written code for 30 years and I only have a few degrees in engineering. Maybe when I grow up I can figure this stuff out on my own. Thanks to MS for this site. It really is a big help. My cardiologist is seeing an improvement already.
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May 22nd, 2010 5:04pm

Hi, I'm on Windows 7 using a Left positioned Taskbar. It's locked wide enough to display all there is to display in the clock area horizontally and vertically. As far as I know in regards to the date and time, there are only settings for a Short time and date displayed in the System tray and a Long Time and date displayed when you mouse-over. A couple things I can't figure out and hope you can shed some light on them: 1. My Taskbar shows 3 lines: #1, the Short time= 10:57 PM, #2, ???= Thursday, and #3, the Short date= 8/19/10 (how do I remove line #2?) 2. When I mouse-over I only see the Long date= Thursday, Aug 19, 2010 (where is the Long time (less the seconds))? Not a problem but note that if I right click the clock, select Adjust date/time, tab to Additional clock, and select Show this clock, it adds 2 additional lines to the single mouse-over line above: #2= Local time Thu 11:57 PM, #3= <intl country name> Fri 2:41 PM. Here are the steps I took to set the settings below: Right click the clock, select Adjust date/time, click Change date and time..., click Change calendar settings. Region and Language opens and Customize Format opens on top of it. At Customize Format: Short time= h:mm tt (10:57 PM) Long time= h:mm:ss tt (10:57:03 PM) I do realize the seconds do not show Short date= M/d/y (8/19/10) Long date= dddd, MMM dd, yyyy (Thursday, Aug 19, 2010) At Region and Language I have the same thing (changes to Customize Format auto updates Region and Language) Short date= M/d/y (8/19/10) Long date= dddd, MMM dd, yyyy (Thursday, Aug 19, 2010) Short time= h:mm tt (10:57 PM) Long time= h:mm:ss tt (10:57:03 PM)
August 20th, 2010 9:50am

bump, anyone?
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August 28th, 2010 1:31am

You're not limited to what you see when you view those options. (I made that mistake for a long time) Type in there what you want it to do. It will take it. But, what I discovered is that when we do that, we're not just changing the system tray display. When I want to see files sorted by date in Explorer, I see "Sunday 29" without respect to month and year. That system tray clock sure could use some modernization. And that stupid junk they put on the screen - all that widget, gadget and garbage junk can take a hike. I have all that turned off, removed, outta here! Good luck.
August 29th, 2010 11:25am

My problem is that I'm seeing more than I want to for Short date and not enough for Long time. 1. I have the Short Time and Date in layer 1 & 3 respectively like I want but where is, and how do I get rid of, this layer 2 with only a dddd in it? 2. I have the Long Date when I mouse over but where is the Long Time?
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August 29th, 2010 4:05pm

Any help on this?
September 2nd, 2010 10:05pm

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