You can define date and time format of the taskbar clock.
Select locale to apply notation of month name, weekday name, date/time order, etc.
If checked, year appears.
If checked, abbreviated month name appears. This follows selection of "Locale".
If checked, each section appears.
If checked, day of week appears. This follows selection of "Locale".
If checked, a line break is added before time. It is recommended for who dockthe taskbar vertically.
If checked, display of hour turns into 12-hour format. If not, display of hour is 24-hour format.
If checked, AM/PM indicator appears.
To modify several more settings, press this button.
You can select notation of AM/PM indicator. You can also define them freely by typing literal text into each field.
If checked, display of 12AM/PM turns into "0".
You can define display format freely. Following descriptor characters are supported.
| yyyy | Year with century |
|---|---|
| yy | Year without century |
| mm | Month number (e.g. January -> 01) |
| m | Month number, no leading zero (e.g. January -> 1, Decenber -> 12) |
| mmmm | Full month name, follows selection of "Locale" |
| mmm | Abbreviated month name, follows selection of "Locale" |
| dd | Day of month |
| d | Day of month, no leading zero |
| dddd | Full weekday name, follows selection of "Locale" |
| aaaa | Same as dddd |
| ddd | Abbreviated weekday name, follows selection of "Locale" |
| aaa | Same as ddd |
| hh | Hour |
| h | Hour, no leading zero |
| nn | Minute |
| n | Minute, no leading zero |
| ss | Second |
| s | Second, no leading zero |
| tt | AM/PM indicator, follows setting of "AM Symbol" or "PM Symbol" |
| / | Date separator, follows selection of "Locale" |
| : | Time separator, follows selection of "Locale" |
| \n | Line break |
| Y | Year by the locale calendar (e.g. the year of the Emperor in Japan) |
| g | Period/era name by the locale calendar (e.g. "Heisei" in Japan) |
| td | You can designate time difference of display after "td". Please refer to Time difference. |
| USTR0 ... USTR9 | USTR with number 0 to 9 are "User String". Please refer to User String. |
| LDATE | Show long-formatted date. Depends on "Region" setting in the control panel. |
| DATE | Show short-formatted date. Depends on "Region" setting in the control panel. |
| TIME | Show time. Depends on "Region" setting in the control panel. |
| "..." | Display literal text surrounded by double quotation marks |
LDATE, DATE and TIME are for Tooltip format.
Following characters are left for compatibility with previous version.
| mme | Abbreviated month name in English |
|---|---|
| dde | Abbreviated weekday name in English |
Format of time difference is [td][+ or -][hours:minutes]. If you input as follows,
"Tokyo" mm/dd ddd hh:nn\n"LA"td-16:00 mm/dd ddd hh:nn
the clock displays:
You can make other applications to embed letters in the clock by User String. You can use 10 strings, USTR0, USTR1, ... USTR9.
In TClock Light, Timer (tctimer.exe) and Music Player (tcplayer.exe) have an option to use User String. As a test, check "Show remaining time on clock" in "Timer" dialog.
If you input "USTR3" in "Format" page of TClock Properties,
ddd, mm/dd hh:nn USTR3
Timer embeds remaining time in the clock after starting.
