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 +====== xfce4-datetime-plugin DateTime ======
  
 +xfce4-datetime-plugin shows the date and time in the panel; when left-clicked, a popup calendar appears.
 +
 +  * **[[#Properties Dialog|Properties]]**
 +  * **[[#Screenshots|Screenshots]]**
 +  * **[[#Latest Release|Latest Release]]**
 +  * **[[#Source Code Repository|Source Code Repository]]**
 +  * **[[#Reporting Bugs|Reporting Bugs]]**
 +
 +----
 +
 +The original plugin was written by Choe Hwanjin. Remco den Breeje wrote the 0.4.x and 0.5.0 versions. Diego Ongaro was the maintainer from 2008 to 2010.
 +
 +===== Usage =====
 +  * Install the datetime package in the usual way for your distribution, or get the source and run ./configure, make, make install.
 +  * Right-click the Xfce panel > Add New Item > DateTime
 +
 +==== Calendar ====
 +To open the calendar, simply left-click the plugin on your panel. Left-click on it again to close the calendar. 
 +
 +Note: The information on which day the calendar week starts is derived from the locale.
 +
 +----
 +
 +==== Properties Dialog ====
 +To open the properties dialog, right-click the plugin on your panel and select Properties.
 +
 +The properties dialog allows you to use a "Custom" format string for your date or time options. The format string you enter should be compatible with strftime. Here are some format string specifiers from the "date" command's help:
 +
 +  %%   a literal %
 +  %a   locale's abbreviated weekday name (e.g., Sun)
 +  %A   locale's full weekday name (e.g., Sunday)
 +  %b   locale's abbreviated month name (e.g., Jan)
 +  %B   locale's full month name (e.g., January)
 +  %c   locale's date and time (e.g., Thu Mar  3 23:05:25 2005)
 +  %C   century; like %Y, except omit last two digits (e.g., 21)
 +  %d   day of month (e.g, 01)
 +  %D   date; same as %m/%d/%y
 +  %e   day of month, space padded; same as %_d
 +  %F   full date; same as %Y-%m-%d
 +  %g   last two digits of year of ISO week number (see %G)
 +  %G   year of ISO week number (see %V); normally useful only with %V
 +  %h   same as %b
 +  %H   hour (00..23)
 +  %I   hour (01..12)
 +  %j   day of year (001..366)
 +  %k   hour ( 0..23)
 +  %l   hour ( 1..12)
 +  %m   month (01..12)
 +  %M   minute (00..59)
 +  %n   a newline
 +  %p   locale's equivalent of either AM or PM; blank if not known
 +  %P   like %p, but lower case
 +  %r   locale's 12-hour clock time (e.g., 11:11:04 PM)
 +  %R   24-hour hour and minute; same as %H:%M
 +  %s   seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
 +  %S   second (00..60)
 +  %t   a tab
 +  %T   time; same as %H:%M:%S
 +  %u   day of week (1..7); 1 is Monday
 +  %U   week number of year, with Sunday as first day of week (00..53)
 +  %V   ISO week number, with Monday as first day of week (01..53)
 +  %w   day of week (0..6); 0 is Sunday
 +  %W   week number of year, with Monday as first day of week (00..53)
 +  %x   locale's date representation (e.g., 12/31/99)
 +  %X   locale's time representation (e.g., 23:13:48)
 +  %y   last two digits of year (00..99)
 +  %Y   year
 +  %z   +hhmm numeric timezone (e.g., -0400)
 +  %Z   alphabetic time zone abbreviation (e.g., EDT)
 +
 +[[|Back To Top]]
 +----
 +
 +===== Screenshots =====
 +{{ :panel-plugins:xfce4-datetime-plugin:calendartooltip.png | This is the calendar popup }}
 +
 +{{ :panel-plugins:xfce4-datetime-plugin:dt1.png | These are the available layouts : analog, binary, digtal,fuzzy, LCD }}
 +
 +{{ :panel-plugins:xfce4-datetime-plugin:dt2.png | These are the tooltip formats }}
 +
 +{{ :panel-plugins:xfce4-datetime-plugin:dt3.png | These are the available clock formats }}
 +
 +[[|Back To Top]]
 +----
 +
 +===== Latest Release =====
 +
 +{{rss>https://archive.xfce.org/feeds/project/xfce4-datetime-plugin 1 date 2h}}
 +
 +[[https://gitlab.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-datetime-plugin/-/blob/master/NEWS|Read the CHANGELOG]]
 +
 +  * **[[https://archive.xfce.org/src/panel-plugins/xfce4-datetime-plugin/|Download current release]]** (link also contains older versions)
 +
 +[[|Back to Top]]
 +
 +----
 +
 +===== Source Code Repository =====
 +
 +[[https://gitlab.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-datetime-plugin]]
 +
 +----
 +
 +===== Reporting Bugs =====
 +
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-datetime-plugin:bugs|Reporting Bugs]]** -- Open bug reports and how to report new bugs
 +
 +
 +[[|Back To Top]]
 +----
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