Windows 7 System Tray Date Display Not Appearing

Question

I'm using Windows 7 RC and for some reason, the date won't show at all on my system tray. It used to for a while, but one day it just stopped (I didn't even notice it until someone pointed it out).

So I've been trying to fix it, by customizing the format of the date, resetting to defaults, etc... But nothing works, it still doesn't show.

The time appears fine.

Answer 1

Make sure you have not changed your taskbar to use small icons only. This removes the date from the taskbar and only shows the time.

• Right Click Taskbar
• Properties
• Use small icons

Answer 2

Check out this article Windows 7: Customize How the Date is Displayed in the System Tray. Make sure you have the date in the proper format.

Answer 3

Alternate for anyone else looking as this sometimes occurs on fresh Windows 7 builds (RC and Retail)

Right-click taskbar Go to Properties Go to Customize (under Notification Area) Click on "Turn system icons on or off" Set "Behaviors" to ON for Clock

Answer 4

Win7 Pro used to show the month, then it disappeared. I now suspect that must have been back in July (short name). Now, it's November and with the taskbar too narrow (if vertical and left-aligned) may still show the time but, no day or date. All other suggestions I could find didn't mention this. I finally figured it out. Only took me FORTY-FIVE MINUTES!!! So, I'm passing it on to save some time for all you - okay, the other - vertical and left-aligned taskbar freak out there (if there is another one).

Answer 5

It's a fault with Windows, you need to adjust your date format.

For example ddd d/M/yy will not work on my PC for Wed 12/10/11 which is today when I went looking for a solution.

I just now changed my date format to ddd d/MM/yyyy so it now displays as Wed 12-Oct-2011 and that solved the problem.