Want a customized clock and date applet display in the GNOME Panel? Open gconf-editor and go to apps > panel > clock_screen0 > prefs. Edit the format field and type custom in it. Now, in the custom_format field type
<span color=”#333333″>%a %d %b</span> <b>%H:%M</b>
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Hi,
In my system (Ubuntu 8.10) I have the following path for clock_screen0:
apps > panel > applets > clock_screen0 > prefs
Also it works only without ‘span’ tags in the “custom format” field:
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Weird, I have 8.10 and mine is not there. One day I will get to the bottom of this…. screen cap here: http://eroticpenguin.com/ubuntu-gnome-clock-change
I changed the clock like explained here, but instead of clored text and bold text, I see the HTML tags in the clock area (Ubuntu 8.10)
I also use Ubuntu 8.10. If you follow the steps it should work. Check the settings again pls.
I couldn’t find the applet prefs as per the instructions above, either, but I did find it eventually.
In 8.10 this is how I managed to find the custom settings for the clock applet:
Open up Configuration Editor as usual, go to panel > applets > applet_1 > prefs. Then follow the instructions in the original post. Note that you must remove the span tags in order for it to work in 8.10.
Hope that helps!
I had the problem when I copied and pasted the information, just seeing the tags. When I typed it out,however, it worked a charm.
Should be the same, though. I don’t get the difference.
Also, the tags used in the custom field are the same as in PHP time.
I am also on Ubutnu 8.1, and for those of y’all who’re still seeing the html tags- only certain ones work. works, works, works if you put a space between the %whatever and the
wonderful, the html went through. they work, it’s just difficult. when you first type in the html, leave a space between the tags and the markup, then click OUT of it so it gets applied, then you can go back in and remove the spaces
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I’m using ubuntu 8.10, and i cant seem to get rid of the zero in front of a single digit hour. like 08:30 instead of 8:30. i used %I:%M in the code. is there a way to cut that zero off or a different variable?
@John: right-click on the clock in the Panel, chose preferences > 12 hour format
I’m with the commenters whose gconf-editor simply does not show the same items everyone else seems to have. Very frustrating!
/*few minutes later*/
Run gconf-editor as a regular user, not sudo. Then you won’t have that problem. I’ve finally got my time the way I want it. Oh joy. And curses on the Gnome devs who made it so insanely difficult.
%n for new line
it’s important to note that you must run gconf-editor *without sudo*, otherwise the desired values above will not appear.
Just to clear things up a bit: The time format displayed is used in the “date” command. for a reference you can always type “man date” in a terminal to see all the formatting options. Also, sudo will apply the changes for the root user and not to yours (obviously).