Showing date in clock tray

I've seen some XP screencaps where the date shows up underneath the time in the system tray. How can I get this for my desktop? Does it require me to switch to the XP style instead of Windows Classic?

 

Probably a third-party app, like this one:

http://www.freewareweb.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?screenshot=1&ID=628

 

That's what I was afraid of.

 

LOL. Well, at least I don't know how to do it and I use either the XP theme or msstyles themes through a patched uxtheme.dll. I think I would have run across it if it were there.

 

The date is displayed in the XP "Notification Area" (formerly known as the System Tray)....sort of. To actually see that display you have to unlock the Taskbar and drag it up to at least double its default size. The larger the system font you're using, the bigger the Taskbar has to be to display the date.

I've played around with the font settings and by the time I get them small enough to display the date without increasing the size of the Taskbar, to my eyes every letter is just a dot.

 

hawk ...

You can do it in Windows Classic, but you need to drag the top of the taskbar up a notch, so that it's twice as high as usual, and you may not want to do that.

I've been using TClockEx 1.42 (the utility in Abraxas's link) for almost as long as I've had a PC, and I can't imagine being without it. It's VERY configurable.

Here are examples of how the XP clock would look with the date under the time (for reasons unknown, I can NOT customize the date and time, as CP's regional Settings would have you believe), and how my systray (sorry Miz, but old habits die hard ... besides, why call it a "notification area" when everyone knows it as the system tray, or systray?) looks with TClockEx.

 

I've been using TClock for years. Only a few days ago did I get the new version. I've had no problems. I don't think it has spyware. I think it's one of those "hobby" freewares from a guy from Japan.

 

LOL, JSS3rd! I call it the System Tray, too, but I've learned that people who have come into The Wonderful (and I use that term advisedly) World Of Computers with XP as their first OS only know it by its new, longer, more-chances-for-typos name of Notification Area.

 

TClock (now TClock Light, for XP) and TClockEx are two different programs, but you're right ... the author of TClock is Japanese, while the author of TClockEx, Dale Nurden, is South African.

The two programs are about the same size and the primary differences between them seem to be 1) TClock needs to be installed, while TClockEx runs from its program folder, and 2) in the configuration options offered. If you feel the need to change the appearance of your Start button, go with TClock. If all you need is a simple, configurable replacement for the default clock, go for TClockEx.

Miz ...

"Notification Area" is just another example (IMO) of a Microsoft "change for the sake of change ", and one we could have done without.

 

Well, I don't know how Classic works,looks or behaves, but in Control Panel, Regional and Language settings, you can choose how to display the long and short date. The long date (11:36 PM/ Tuesday/ 06/15/2004)
is what shows in my Notification Area!

I know this because I've had to readjust every Windows OS on every comp that has had to have our church accounting program installed on it, from the default Windows time/date setting. The accounting program depends on Windows to get its timestamps. You would THINK this would be adjusted in Date & Time settings, but it is not. So, if you are using Luna (Blue is my favorite) try re-typing how you want the date and time to read. My Task bar is two tiered- QL buttons on top, and in-use windows showing underneath.

HTH
Johanna

 

hi
in my own experience,u only should put your mouse on the taskbar.and click it using the right button,and make sure that u don't lock your taskbar
then put your mouse on top tip of the task bar where u will see a up-and-down arrow,then u drag the taskbar upward to its double size then there u will see the full time and full time in the system tray!!!
ok
daoguang33

 

Ah I got it. Now I have the day of the week in my tray. Thanks all.

 

TclockEx bar width size

I use TClockEx as do some other writers in this thread.

However, I cannot get the systray to stay open to a width that shows the
entire date and time without having to click on the arrow to enlarge it.

I have tried to use the fixed width inside the TClockEx properties, but that does not work.

In searching google, etc. there seem to be a lot of "skin" programs to do this, but there has to be a simpler way.

Is there a way to change the systray.dll? Or other simple command?

Thanks for any help.

 

Hi Judy,

I've been using TClockEx ever since Win95 (now using XP Pro), and I'm unable to duplicate your problem. Are you using version 1.4.2?

I use the Windows Classic view without a Quick Launch toolbar, and I don't hide any systray icons. Even with as many as a dozen windows open, TClockEx remains open its full width (see image attachment), whether the taskbar is locked or unlocked.

Screen resolution shouldn't make a difference, either. I use a screen res of 1280x1024, but just tried all six other available resolutions down to, and including, 640x480. TClockEx remained completely visible at all settings.

All I can suggest is to play with the taskbar properties. Good luck.

 

I did set my properties to Classic and un-checked the quick launch property.

However, I do hide the icons. There is a very long list that I don't want to show.

What happens when you hide your icons? Do you still see the full width?

Yes, I am using the updated version. BUT I am using XP Home. Should that make this difference?

 

Judy ...

Nothing happens if I hide my icons. I have 13 that are there all the time (loaded at startup), and they don't disappear when I select "Hide Inactive Icons ".

Personally, I WANT my icons showing, as that's my best clue to what's running in the background. If an icon disappears, it means that, for some reason, one of my background programs is no longer running.

As I said in my previous post, TClockEx is completely visible whenever the taskbar is visible. The fact that you're using XP Home should make no difference, so far as I know. As the King says in The King and I, "Is a puzzlement! "

What screen res are you using?