Thanks Paddy and Kimmer.
Guess what! I finally got the Menu Bar to display the Apple System’s Date and Time the way I wanted. But only after reading again and again several posts here and there.
Before following Paul Stamatiou’s procedure, as suggested by Paddy and others, one has to know that 2 Preference panels are involved, Date & Time and International. Of course everybody knows that. But not everybody knows that one has to go between the 2 panels as well as between the 2 panels in the International panel several times before achieving what one wants.
The following shows why several small apps are available to make it simpler to show the Date and Time in the Menu bar.
First and foremost, in the International Preference panel:
- In the Region box, select ‘Custom’.
- Select Formats.
- Select ‘Customize’ in the Dates section.
- Select Show ‘Short’.
a) If there is anything in the box following, select the first item, ensure it is highlighted, select Menu bar Edit, Select All, and Delete.
b) If there is nothing in the box, proceed to the next step.
- Select Show ‘Medium’. Repeat steps as in the ‘Short’ steps a) and b) above.
- Select Show ‘Long’. Repeat steps as in the ‘Short’ steps a) and b) above.
- Select Show ‘Full’. Repeat steps as in the ‘Short’ steps a) and b) above.
- Select OK.
- Select ‘Customize’ in the Times section.
- Select Show ‘Short’.
a) If there is anything in the box following, select the first item, ensure it is highlighted, select Menu bar Edit, Select All, and Delete.
b) If there is nothing in the box, proceed to the next step.
- Select Show ‘Medium’. Repeat steps as in the ‘Short’ steps a) and b) above.
- Select Show ‘Long’. Repeat steps as in the ‘Short’ steps a) and b) above.
- Select Show ‘Full’. Repeat steps as in the ‘Short’ steps a) and b) above.
- Select OK.
- Select ‘Customize’ in the Dates section.
- Select Show ‘Medium’.
- Click and Drag the Date Elements, one at atime, in the desired order, in the box under the Show selection. Example, click and drag the Day of the Week to the box. Disregard the name of the day. Once in the box, click on the element. Notice a small downward arrow to the right of the element. Click on it and select the way this element is to be shown, e.g. long or short.
- Repeat for the other Date Elements.
- Click on the first element in the box under the Show selection.
- Select Menu bar Edit, Select All, and Copy.
- Select OK.
- Select ‘Customize’ in the Times section.
- Select Show ‘Medium’.
- Paste the Copied Date Elements in the box under the Show selection.
- Click and Drag the Time Elements, one at atime, in the desired order, in the box under the Show selection. Insert the Elements before or after the copied Date Elements as desired.
- Select OK.
- Close the International Preference panel.
- Open the Date & Time Preference panel.
- Select the Clock section.
- Check ‘Show the date and time’. If unchecked the Date and Time will not show in the Menu bar.
- View in ‘Menu Bar’ or ‘Window’.
- View as ‘Digital’ or ‘Analog’.
- Check ‘Display the time with seconds’, if desired. Note: This selection overrides the selection made in the 'Second' Time element in the International Preference panel.
- Check ‘Show AM/PM’, if desired. Note: This selection is grayed out if the ‘Use a 24 hour clock’ below is checked OR if the 'Hour' Time element in the International Preference panel is selected as 24 hour.
- Ensure ‘Show the day of the week’ is UNCHECKED, if the day of the week was added as a 'Date' Element in the Dates section of the International Preference Panel. Otherwise there will be 2 day inscriptions in the Menu bar.
- Check ‘Flash the time seperators’, if desired.
- Check ‘Use a 24-hour clock, if desired. Note: This selection overrides the selection made in the 'Hour' Time element in the International Preference panel.
Lots of “ifs and buts”. No wonder so many people, like me, who could not ‘easily and readily’ set up their Date and Time in the Menu bar.
For instance how is someone to know that the selections in the Dates and Times Show 'Short', 'Medium', 'Long', and 'Full' selections must ALL be erased before entering new Dates and Times elements in the International panel?
Anyway all is well again in jb's world. Still, I will use MagiCal as it allows me to bold the characters.
jb
