Questions related to clock application, services provided by system or other clock apps.
Questions related to clock application, services provided by system or other clock apps. The clock is located in the Panel in Ubuntu.
Questions tagged [clock]
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Customizing tray/taskbar date display in Ubuntu with GNOME 3
On previous versions I had the date displayed. Now it just shows the current day but not the day's number or the month.
Is there a way to customize the clock or tray/taskbar more in GNOME shell on Ubuntu 17.10 and later?
neuromage
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How to show seconds on the clock in GNOME 3?
Is it possible to show the seconds on the clock in GNOME 3?
Riki137
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Alarm clock for Ubuntu
Looking for a Alarm Clock for Ubuntu with following:
Repeat an alarm after user defined period of time
Can be paused
Can be reset
Shows a visual indication at alarm time
Visual indication should remain till it is dismissed by user
Gaurav Agarwal
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Upgraded to 13.10 now clock settings are all disabled and clock does not display
I've upgraded to 13.10 and now I don't have the standard menu clock, which I need for work.
I checked and 'indicator-datetime' is installed. I even uninstalled/reinstalled that applet with no luck.
Also my "clock" settings under System Preferences…
kervin
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How do I move clock to the right end of GNOME 3 Panel from the middle?
How do I move the clock to the right of the panel in Ubuntu GNOME?
In other words, I want the clock to be in the same place as in Ubuntu Unity 16.04.
Prost
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Clocks for multiple timezones in GNOME Shell
I looked everywhere but I couldn't find a way to display multiple clocks in GNOME 3. In classic GNOME and Unity, it is possible. Also, for some strange reason, additional timezones cannot be added to the clock using the time-date applet in classic…
Ayan Kar
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How to get world clocks to show on the task bar in Ubuntu 18.04
I make extensive use of the multiple timezone clock feature in 16.04.
After upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04 I found various guides that installing GNOME Clocks and adding time zones I should see them in the dropdown when I click the clock on the…
ljbade
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In Ubuntu 17.10 and later how do I change the clock to a 12 hour format?
In Ubuntu 17.10 with GNOME, how do I change the clock to a 12 hour format? And maybe for a more difficult rhetorical question, why does Ubuntu feel compelled to hide such basic functionality?
risingfish
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How to show seconds on the clock in 22.04 LTS (Gnome)
Is there a way to get the clock (top bar) to show seconds?
I looked in the Time & Date settings tab, but there is still nothing for seconds there.
Broadsworde
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How do you get an hourly talking clock?
I want to get a program (a script that can be set to auto-start or something) that tells you every hour like "It's 11 o'clock."
I know it's easy on Macs, but how do you get that on Precise?
Tracy Iquiña
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XFCE Panel Clock Disappears
Like it says in the title. Fresh XFCE install over Ubuntu. Whenever I try to change the clock format through Right-Click>Panel>Preferences, the clock disappears as soon as I close the window. I have to go back to Panel Preferences and remove and…
Secret_Sloth
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What units does the ntp drift file use?
When the ntpd daemon is running, the file: /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift gets updated periodically. Example:
17:20 hostname 118 ~> ls -l /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
-rw-r--r-- 1 ntp ntp 7 May 20 16:46 /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
# So it looks like it was last…
arielf
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Clock settings are disabled from Time & Date Settings
In my time & Date settings clock settings seems to be disable. Which default package is missing on my system ?
Vivek Goel
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Ubuntu 19.10 Multiple Timezone clocks
How do I add multiple clocks with different time zones in Ubuntu 19.10.
Solution:
Install clock using sudo apt install gnome-clocks
Open Clock app and add required timezones
Restart the PC
Important: Do not install using snap or using software…
yottabrain
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How do I adjust the Clock Indicator format?
Recently I upgraded to Ubuntu 11.04. The clock indicator on the panel is not following my regional settings format.
I edited locales and in all applications I have the right format of date and time except clock indicator on the panel. Tried dconfig…
Wojciech
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