Can you display milliseconds in the time/date on the Windows 7 taskbar?

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I need to time some things, thought it would be nice to do this...

Or maybe a better question: Can the date/time format in the Windows task bar be changed?

To what degree do you want to change the format? I don't think you can get it down to milliseconds, and it seems that you can't get seconds to display in the tray either. There may be some third-party tools to facilitate this, though.
If you need to time things, you will want something that starts counting from 00:00:00 upon the press of a button. The task bar will most likely not give you accurate results when trying to time things, that's also the reason why it doesn't have milliseconds...

Moab · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-27 04:25:44Z

These are the only customization's you can make using the native Windows tray clock, milliseconds are not available.

Click the Clock in your Windows 7 system tray and then Select Change date and time settings.

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From here you can change your date and time display using the preset Windows 7 format. Select one from the drop-down lists, but if you want something more customized Click Additional settings

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Click the "Additional Settings" button to make other customizations

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It's worth pointing out that, as stated in the last screenshot, seconds can only be displayed in the "long time" format. The system tray uses "short time".
Correct, the answer to the question is No, any way you stack it. There probably is some 3rd party software to do it, maybe.

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