[SOLVED] clock

Just loaded Zorin 8 all went well hope its a stable as zorin7 was
ok my question when i come to my boot on screen there is a clock and date looks great ,how can i put that same clock date on my desktop
also running thunderbird as email and i still have the American format for dates ,when i have used ubunto and mint it gives me the English or AU setup ,any help,i know i asked this a couple of years ago and could not get it to change only seems to be on Zorin
many thanks

Hi David,

for a desktop clock you can install "screenlets-pack-all" package and choose a clock from there but you won't get the same clock as the one in the panel, or you can install "Conky Manager:

http://www.webupd8.org/2013/07/conky-ma ... conky.html

http://www.unixmen.com/enhance-your-ubu ... creenlets/

Install screenlets via a terminal:

Code:

sudo apt-get install screenlets-pack-all

Thunderbird problems can be resolved here:

https://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/home

I think the date thing is down to you having US English, if you change your system locale to British English, the date format should change???.

Regards Wolfman

thanks for reply have conky on puter
this if you change your system locale to British English,
where can i do this, sorry if it sounds stupid, or easy to you

Hi david7307, go to:

Menu | System Settings | Language Settings - top panel.

It should prompt you to install missing languages - select 'do it now' and check the languages listed. Then check on the 'Locales/Regional Settings' (doing this from memory as using work puter) and add 'English (United Kingdom)' and 'Install' - then click on 'Apply System-Wide' - you may need to logout/restart for changes to take effect. There is one other place where you need to 'copy' the locale settings so that everything is English United Kingdom and again, 'Apply system-wide'.

As for a nice range of clocks, consider installing Cairo-Dock.

Open a terminal and enter:

Code:

sudo apt-get install cairo-dock

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Hi,

see also:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1699

Regards Wolfman

thanks that fixed the date format in thunderbird
will look at cairo-dock i have used that bar as a quick launch bar but never knew there was a clock setting

Hi,

have marked as solved.

Regards Wolfman