Bug#558198: gnome-shell: no way to change display of clock

Thu Nov 26 23:13:15 UTC 2009

Package: gnome-shell
Version: 2.28.1~git20091125-1
Severity: normal

gnome-shell displays a clock at the top of the screen.  However, it
always displays in the format "Thu 11:02 PM".  There appears to be no
way to change how it displays.  I have my computer clock and timezone
set to UTC, even though I don't live there.  It is significantly less
useful to have a clock that displays AM/PM rather than 24-hour time in
my situation; "23:02" is more meaningful than "11:02 PM".  I also really
prefer to have seconds available; then I can set my watch to the
computer time (which is synced with NTP).

Please provide a clock that is configurable at least to the degree that
the normal gnome-panel one is, and please allow it to be added, moved,
or removed as the user sees fit[0].

[0] Yes, I noticed the one on the left side of the screen; that isn't
normally viewable (except as a 12-hour analog clock) so it isn't
sufficient.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.31-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome-shell depends on:
ii  gconf2              2.28.0-1             GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gir1.0-clutter-1.0  1.0.8-1              GObject introspection data for the
ii  gir1.0-freedesktop  0.6.5-4              Introspection data for some FreeDe
ii  gir1.0-glib-2.0     0.6.5-4              Introspection data for GLib, GObje
ii  gir1.0-gtk-2.0      0.6.5-3              GObject introspection data for the
ii  gir1.0-mutter-2.28  2.28.1~git20091024-1 GObject introspection data for Mut
ii  libatk1.0-0         1.28.0-1             The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6               2.10.2-2             GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2           1.8.8-2              The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libclutter-1.0-0    1.0.8-1              Open GL based interactive canvas l
ii  libcroco3           0.6.2-1              a generic Cascading Style Sheet (C
ii  libdbus-1-3         1.2.16-2             simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2    0.82-2               simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfontconfig1      2.6.0-4              generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6        2.3.11-1             FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4         2.28.0-1             GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgirepository1.0- 0.6.5-4              Library for handling GObject intro
ii  libgjs0             0.4-3                Mozilla-based javascript bindings 
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [li 7.6-1                A free implementation of the OpenG
ii  libglib2.0-0        2.22.2-2             The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2- 2.28.1-3             Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome-menu2      2.28.0.1-1           an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  libgstreamer0.10-0  0.10.25-3            Core GStreamer libraries and eleme
ii  libgtk2.0-0         2.18.3-1             The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libmozjs2d          1.9.1.5-2            The Mozilla SpiderMonkey JavaScrip
ii  libnspr4-0d         4.8.2-1              NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii  libpango1.0-0       1.26.1-1             Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  librsvg2-2          2.26.0-1             SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libstartup-notifica 0.10-1               library for program launch feedbac
ii  libx11-6            2:1.3.2-1            X11 client-side library
ii  libxcomposite1      1:0.4.1-1            X11 Composite extension library
ii  libxdamage1         1:1.1.2-1            X11 damaged region extension libra
ii  libxext6            2:1.0.4-1            X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3          1:4.0.4-1            X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxml2             2.7.6.dfsg-1         GNOME XML library
ii  mesa-utils          7.6-1                Miscellaneous Mesa GL utilities
ii  mutter              2.28.1~git20091024-1 lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii  pkg-config          0.22-1               manage compile and link flags for 
ii  python              2.5.4-3              An interactive high-level object-o
ii  zlib1g              1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-15    compression library - runtime

Versions of packages gnome-shell recommends:
ii  xserver-xephyr                2:1.6.5-1  nested X server

gnome-shell suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

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