Linux Mint 21 MATE - configure the date and time the way that you like it…
The options are many and varied.
STRFTIME holds the secrets to the coding.
And the not-so-secret codes are here: https://strftime.org/
Go here: http://strftime.net/ and/or here: https://strftimer.com/ to try out the STRFTIME code settings for yourself.
The above works in several flavours of Linux, but back to the heading of this post, and the required steps.
Press the SUPER key (or Windows as Microsnot call it).
Type DCONF
If the DCONF utility has been installed it will be shown – but it is not installed by default in Linux Mint 21 MATE, so select the displayed PYTHON3-DONFIG INSTALL option.
Once DCONF has been installed, hold down CTRL, ALT and press T to open TERMINAL.
Key the following:
dconf write /org/mate/panel/objects/clock/prefs/format "'custom'"
Press ENTER
The command will be accepted, but there will be no response.
Key the following:
dconf write /org/mate/panel/objects/clock/prefs/custom-format "' %a %e-%b-%y %H:%M '"
Press ENTER
Now behold the bottom right corner of your screen!
The example in the second TERMINAL entry above is the definitive (and mandatory) date and time display.
It avoids the USA-er’s ambiguous 9/11/22 format, (which to us is 9-Nov-22).
OK, maybe not mandatory. Definitely not if you put your own codes in between the single quotes in the second TERMINAL entry above. I like the display that the extra spaces as padding produces, but you do your thing!
BdH
Australia
21-Sep-22 18:51
Linux Mint 21 MATE - configure the date and time the way that you like it…
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