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clock module

Description

clock module displays current date and time

Files

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/waybar/config
Per user configuration file

Configuration

1. Addressed by clock

Option	Typeof	Default	Description
interval	integer	60	The interval in which the information gets polled
format	string	{:%H:%M}	The format, how the date and time should be displayed. See format options below
timezone	string		The timezone to display the time in, e.g. America/New_York. "" represents the system's local timezone. See Wikipedia's unofficial list of timezones <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones>
timezones	list of strings		A list of timezones (as in timezone) to use for time display, changed using the scroll wheel. Do not specify timezone option when timezones is specified. "" represents the system's local timezone
locale	string		A locale to be used to display the time. Intended to render times in custom timezones with the proper language and format
max-length	integer		The maximum length in character the module should display
rotate	integer		Positive value to rotate the text label
on-click	string		Command to execute when clicked on the module
on-click-middle	string		Command to execute when you middle clicked on the module using mousewheel
on-click-right	string		Command to execute when you right-click on the module
on-scroll-up	string		Command to execute when scrolling up on the module
on-scroll-down	string		Command to execute when scrolling down on the module
smooth-scrolling-threshold	double		Threshold to be used when scrolling
tooltip	bool	true	Option to enable tooltip on hover
tooltip-format	string	same as format	Tooltip on hover
menu	string		Action that popups the menu.
menu-file	string		Location of the menu descriptor file. There need to be an element of type GtkMenu with id menu
menu-actions	array		The actions corresponding to the buttons of the menu.

View all valid format options in strftime(3) or have a look https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/chrono/duration/formatter

2. Addressed by clock: calendar

Option	Typeof	Default	Description
mode	string	month	Calendar view mode. Possible values: year\|month
mode-mon-col	integer	3	Relevant for mode=year. Count of months per row
weeks-pos	integer		The position where week numbers should be displayed. Disabled when is empty. Possible values: left\|right
on-scroll	integer	1	Value to scroll months/years forward/backward. Can be negative. Is configured under on-scroll option

3. Addressed by clock: calendar: format

Option	Typeof	Default	Description
months	string		Format is applied to months header(January, February,...etc.)
days	string		Format is applied to days
weeks	string	{:%U}	Format is applied to week numbers. When weekday format is not provided then is used default format: '{:%W}' when week starts with Monday, '{:%U}' otherwise
weekdays	string		Format is applied to weeks header(Su,Mo,...etc.)
today	string	<b><u>{}</u></b>	Format is applied to Today

Actions

String	Action
mode	Switch calendar mode between year/month
tz_up	Switch to the next provided time zone
tz_down	Switch to the previously provided time zone
shift_up	Switch to the next calendar month/year
shift_down	Switch to the previous calendar month/year

Format Replacements

{calendar}: Current month calendar
{tz_list}: List of time in the rest timezones, if more than one timezone is set in the config
{ordinal_date}: The current day in (English) ordinal form, e.g. 21st

Examples

1. General

  "clock": {
  	"interval": 60,
  	"format": "{:%H:%M}",
  	"max-length": 25
  }

2. Calendar

  "clock": {
  	"format": "{:%H:%M}  ",
  	"format-alt": "{:%A, %B %d, %Y (%R)}  ",
  	"tooltip-format": "<tt><small>{calendar}</small></tt>",
  	"calendar": {
  		"mode"          : "year",
  		"mode-mon-col"  : 3,
  		"weeks-pos"     : "right",
  		"on-scroll"     : 1,
  		"on-click-right": "mode",
  		"format": {
  			"months":     "<span color='#ffead3'><b>{}</b></span>",
  			"days":       "<span color='#ecc6d9'><b>{}</b></span>",
  			"weeks":      "<span color='#99ffdd'><b>W{}</b></span>",
  			"weekdays":   "<span color='#ffcc66'><b>{}</b></span>",
  			"today":      "<span color='#ff6699'><b><u>{}</u></b></span>"
  		}
  	},
  	"actions": {
  		"on-click-right": "mode",
  		"on-click-forward": "tz_up",
  		"on-click-backward": "tz_down",
  		"on-scroll-up": "shift_up",
  		"on-scroll-down": "shift_down"
  	}
  },

3. Full date on hover

  "clock": {
  	"interval": 60,
  	"tooltip": true,
  	"format": "{:%H.%M}",
  	"tooltip-format": "{:%Y-%m-%d}",
  }

Style

#clock

Troubleshooting

If clock module is disabled at startup with locale::facet::_S_create_c_locale
name not valid error message try one of the following:

check if LC_TIME is set properly (glibc)
set locale to C in the config file (musl)

The locale option must be set for {calendar} to use the correct start-of-week, regardless of system locale.

Calendar in Chinese. Alignment

In order to have aligned Chinese calendar there are some useful recommendations:

Use "WenQuanYi Zen Hei Mono" which is provided in most Linux distributions
Try different font sizes and find best for you. size = 9pt should be fine
In case when "WenQuanYi Zen Hei Mono" font is used disable monospace font pango tag

Example of working config

  "clock": {
  	"format": "{:%H:%M}  ",
  	"format-alt": "{:%A, %B %d, %Y (%R)}  ",
  	"tooltip-format": "n<span size='9pt' font='WenQuanYi Zen Hei Mono'>{calendar}</span>",
  	"calendar": {
  		"mode"          : "year",
  		"mode-mon-col"  : 3,
  		"weeks-pos"     : "right",
  		"on-scroll"     : 1,
  		"on-click-right": "mode",
  		"format": {
  			"months":     "<span color='#ffead3'><b>{}</b></span>",
  			"days":       "<span color='#ecc6d9'><b>{}</b></span>",
  			"weeks":      "<span color='#99ffdd'><b>W{}</b></span>",
  			"weekdays":   "<span color='#ffcc66'><b>{}</b></span>",
  			"today":      "<span color='#ff6699'><b><u>{}</u></b></span>"
  		}
  	},
  	"actions": {
  		"on-click-right": "mode",
  		"on-click-forward": "tz_up",
  		"on-click-backward": "tz_down",
  		"on-scroll-up": "shift_up",
  		"on-scroll-down": "shift_down"
  	}
  },

Author

Alexis Rouillard <contact@arouillard.fr>

Referenced By

waybar(5).

2024-09-15 User Manual