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19 Jan 2011   #1

Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bits SP1
Pocomoke City, Maryland
 
 
How to show time and date on taskbar?

Noticed on a browser picture submitted by another member that the task-bar displays the time and date. Mine only displays the time.

Is this a windows 7 option I can turn on? Looked in properties but could not find out how.
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19 Jan 2011   #2

64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise
Texas
 
 

Hello Manuel,

You can get the time and date by setting the "Short date" format using dd-MMM-yy as below.

Date Format for Taskbar System Tray - Show Full Day and Month Names

How to show time and date on taskbar?-date.jpg

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Last edited by Brink; 29 Aug 2012 at 11:34 AM.. Reason: updated link
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19 Jan 2011   #3

Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bits SP1
Pocomoke City, Maryland
 
 

Thanks Brink.

Also found out I have to un-check the "Use small icons" option in the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties window (Taskbar tab)". If set to small, the date is not displayed.
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19 Jan 2011   #4

64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise
Texas
 
 

You're welcome.

I didn't think about having small or large icons on the taskbar. Nice catch.
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29 Aug 2012   #5

w7 pro
 
 

Registered just to thank Manigue for the tip...and for berating MS for once again changing a totally unrelated feature due to a setting. Shame on those idiots who programmed this issue to happen.
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06 Feb 2013   #6

Windows 7 Professional
 
 

Windows has a long way to go
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22 Hours Ago   #7

Windows 7 x64
 
 

I stretched my taskbar display (because I don't want to use large icons). I'd prefer one line but would accept two, but now have 3 lines:
8:23 AM
Friday
Fri, 5-24-13

How can I get rid of that middle "Friday"?

Thanks!
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21 Hours Ago   #8

Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
 
 

Programming, both an operating system and applications, is about making decisions. Sometimes those decisions are hard. Sometimes no matter what choice you make somebody will say it was a stupid one. You can't please everybody.

Don't be too critical about the user interface decisions made by Microsoft and others until you have had to make those hard choices yourself. Designing a good user interface is a lot more difficult than most people think.
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