Windows 7 - Date Format for Taskbar System Tray - Show Full Day and Month Names

   Information

This will show you how to change the date format of the date on the taskbar system tray in Windows 7 to show the date how you would like it to. For example, with the day and month names like Sunday 07 August 2011 instead of 8/7/2011.

   Warning

To be able to have the full date and time to display on the taskbar, you may also need to have the taskbar set to have large icons OR resize the taskbar until displayed.

This will also change how the short date is displayed globally in Windows 7, and not just on the taskbar.

1. Open the Control Panel (All Items view), and click on the Regional and Language icon, then close the Control Panel.

2. Under the Formats tab, click on the Additional Settings button. (see screenshot below)

3. Click on the Date tab. Under the Date formats section, the value for Short date is the one that is display on the taskbar system tray. (see screenshot below)

4. In the Short date field from step 3, you can type any value like the examples below for how you want the date to be displayed, then click on the Apply button to see what the Short date looks like under the Example section and/or on the taskbar system tray. (see screenshot above)

   Note

Date Letters

d = day
M = month
y = year
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d or dd = displays as day number
ddd = displays as abreviated day name
dddd = displays as full day name
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M or MM = displays as month number
MMM = displays as abreviated month name
MMMM = displays as full month name
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y or yy = displays up to the last 2 digits of the year
yyy or yyyy = displays as full year


Example Date Formats
NOTE: You can use a space and characters like - / , . between the date letters.

d-M-y displays as 7-‎8-‎11

dd-MM-yy displays as ‎07-‎08-‎11

dd/MM/yy displays as ‎07/08/11

ddd-MMM-yyy displays as Sun-‎Aug-‎2011

ddd, MMM. yyy displays as Sun, ‎Aug. 2011

dddd-MMMM-yyyy displays as ‎Sunday-‎August-‎2011

dddd dd, MMMM yyyy displays as Sunday ‎07, ‎August ‎2011

5. When finished, click on OK. (see screenshot below step 3)

6. Click on OK. (see screenshot below step 2)