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Is there a way to show the time/date on the taskbar? (at the moment, all I can see is a little upwards-pointing arrow that shows hidden icons)

EDIT: Turns out that the time is shown by default and I'd managed to switch it off somehow. Oops!

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The time (not the date) does show up by default. To (re)add it:

  1. Right click on the taskbar

  2. Click properties

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  3. Click Customize... for Notification Area

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  4. Click Turn system icons on or off...

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  5. Turn on Clock

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    I like your hastily drawn ovals :) Oct 29, 2012 at 5:34
  • FHC FTW!
    – Sathyajith Bhat
    Oct 29, 2012 at 6:03
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    This shows the time but not the date :-(
    – Rich
    Apr 16, 2015 at 14:16
  • Luckily the next-highest voted answer explains how to show both the date and the time ... but unfortunately it is neither the accepted nor the highest-voted answer (yet). Oct 9, 2017 at 20:45
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  • Right click on the taskbar and select properties
  • In the Notification area heading, click the Customize button
  • Click on the "Turn system icons on or off"
  • The first item should be clock. Select on instead of off.
  • Click ok.

Additionally, if Time is seen but not Date, you might need to uncheck "Use small icons"

You'll need to right click on the Taskbar, select Properties, then uncheck the box for "Use small icons" enter image description here

Taken from this site, hope it works.

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    +1 for the small icons tip, that was my problem..
    – stuartd
    Nov 4, 2012 at 14:50
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    Where is the "Use small icons" checkbox supposed to be? I'm not seeing it on Win8.1.
    – nilskp
    Nov 19, 2014 at 18:12
  • @nilskp added a quote from the linked site, with details
    – Karthik T
    Nov 23, 2014 at 16:09
  • @KarthikT, yeah, I'm just not seeing that particular checkbox.
    – nilskp
    Nov 24, 2014 at 2:59
  • @nilskp hmm, I tested on my 8.1, I am seeing it.
    – Karthik T
    Nov 25, 2014 at 3:19
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Actually I was searching for this too, but then I've discovered Win+C keyboard shortcut and I like it a lot :)

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3rd box down, it actually says "use small taskbar buttons" My eyes skipped over it at first too, since I was looking for the word "icons". Unchecking this brought the date back for me next to the time

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If Time is seen but not Date, and if your taskbar is set to be vertical, you can fix it by a combination of two things, in order to make the date fit the taskbar's width:

  • Making the date string smaller, by going to: Control Panel --> Region, and then making the Short Date: format narrower, by f.ex. choosing to display years as 2 digits (m/d/yy). The month vs day ordering can be adjusted under the Additional Settings --> Date

  • Unlocking the taskbar and adjusting its size to fit the date (as also indicated above by trav1s: Show time/date on taskbar ).

If using a vertical taskbar, whether you use small icons or not is irrelevant.

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I didn't see the Use small taskbar button as well. After some play around, accidentally found out there is a bug in Win8 that does not display this option.

Remedy Use your mouse point to the upper edge of the taskbar, drag it upward so to increase the thickness. Now the 'Small Taskbar' button will be visible.

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