Help Date format in status bar

[MoodyBlues]

This is a super nitpicky issue, but here goes!

See in my notifications area where it says Mon, Jan 7? On my old phone (which I'm still using) it says Monday, January 7.

I'm using ADW Launcher 1 EX on both phones.

I've gone through every date/time format setting I can find, both system and launcher, and can't find a way to get the extended date on my new phone.

Old: Moto X 2nd Generation, Lollipop 5.1

New: Moto Z² Force Edition, Oreo 8.0.0

Thoughts/suggestions?

 

[Milo Willamson]

Eh preferably I tend to ignore that

 

[MoodyBlues]

Eh preferably I tend to ignore that

But as a UNIX/Linux person for 30+ years, and knowing that we can display dates and times in a near-infinite number of ways--and, therefore, so can Android (Linux)--I want it the way I want it!

 

[Milo Willamson]

But as a UNIX/Linux person for 30+ years, and knowing that we can display dates and times in a near-infinite number of ways--and, therefore, so can Android (Linux)--I want it the way I want it!

Gee girl, you are super intelligent


I as well wish it, would only be numberic date format.

 

[MoodyBlues]

Gee girl, you are super intelligent

I as well wish it, would only be numeric date format.

See, that's perfectly doable: in many ways. So I KNOW this is all in there (Android)--it's just a matter of how to make use of it.

 

[Milo Willamson]

See, that's perfectly doable: in many ways. So I KNOW this is all in there (Android)--it's just a matter of how to make use of it.

I wonder by posting this to this site, they will help our struggle

 

[lunatic59]

I have the abbreviated version, too. LG G6 Oreo with Nova for my launcher. I don't see a way to change that either.

 

[mikedt]

On a "Lenovorola" Moto G4 with 7.x the date is abbreviated, but on my Samsung Galaxy S7 and Huawei Mate 10 both with 8.1 it's shown in full.

 

[Hadron]

No, I suspect we are in custom ROM territory to change this. There's no sign of an option in my phone either. Though I get 8 Jan rather than Jan 8, which I'm sure is a region thing (my home screen clock is yyyy/mm/dd, but that's because that's my custom widget rather than an OEM one).

 

[dontpanicbobby]

Is it a Moto thing?
Never had one and cannot seem to remember having the date in that place on any phone.
I can't believe they've ditched Mods already...

Nevermind I switched colors and see it now @MoodyBlues

Was that a G1 you saw it on?

 

[lunatic59]

Just checked my beater phone running LineageOS 15.1 and it's got the abbreviated day/date (Tue, Jan 8).

 

[MoodyBlues]

Is it a Moto thing?

Having the date up there? 0r having it truncated? The answer to both: no.

Never had one and cannot seem to remember having the date in that place on any phone.
I can't believe they've ditched Mods already...

Wait...what? I hadn't heard this.

Nevermind I switched colors and see it now @MoodyBlues

Was that a G1 you saw it on?

As per my OP:
"New: Moto Z² Force Edition, Oreo 8.0.0"

 

[Milo Willamson]

Having the date up there? 0r having it truncated? The answer to both: no.

Wait...what? I hadn't heard this.

As per my OP:
"New: Moto Z² Force Edition, Oreo 8.0.0"

Wait what, they dropped mods?

 

[Hadron]

Is it a Moto thing?
Never had one and cannot seem to remember having the date in that place on any phone.
I can't believe they've ditched Mods already...

According to the rumour I read the other day, they haven't.

(Though it's a tricky thing, the Moto Mods feature: they have the drawback of constraining the size and shape of the phone to be the same year-on-year, so sooner or later they will have to make a call. But they are already the longest-lasting modular phone system I can think of, and by a significant factor).

 

[Milo Willamson]

According to the rumour I read the other day, they haven't.

(Though it's a tricky thing, the Moto Mods feature: they have the drawback of constraining the size and shape of the phone to be the same year-on-year, so sooner or later they will have to make a call. But they are already the longest-lasting modular phone system I can think of, and by a significant factor).

Two years later on, and still somewhat see the ads for mods.

 

[aio developers]

me USE XOS laucher love it

 

[lunatic59]

The launcher does not change the way the date is displayed in the quick menu, unfortunately.

 

[aio developers]

yes.
but atleast beauty

 

[MoodyBlues]

me USE XOS laucher love it

I've tried many launchers, but none--and I especially mean Nova!--has come close to ADW Launcher 1 EX (the paid version). Its plethora of options makes this KDE Linux user feel right at home.

 

[Milo Willamson]

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2254211&seqNum=4 I just remember you can change everything, throughout the system settings, same way too honney :O Sorry for the late delay.

 

[MoodyBlues]

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2254211&seqNum=4 I just remember you can change everything, throughout the system settings, same way too honney :O Sorry for the late delay.

Good try , but...nope.

"Settings | Date & Time" was the first place I looked when I noticed the abbreviated day and month in my new phone's notification area. There are no formatting settings as shown for the Galaxy Tab 4 in the article.

The article's "Select Date Format" doesn't exist for me when I choose "set date"...or anywhere else.

But my old phone's date options are exactly the same...and if you refer back to my OP, you'll see that "I've gone through every date/time format setting I can find, both system and launcher, and can't find a way to get the extended date on my new phone."

 

[Milo Willamson]

Good try , but...nope.

"Settings | Date & Time" was the first place I looked when I noticed the abbreviated day and month in my new phone's notification area. There are no formatting settings as shown for the Galaxy Tab 4 in the article.

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The article's "Select Date Format" doesn't exist for me when I choose "set date"...or anywhere else.

But my old phone's date options are exactly the same...and if you refer back to my OP, you'll see that "I've gone through every date/time format setting I can find, both system and launcher, and can't find a way to get the extended date on my new phone."

Slide the automatic switch over.. You can manually do that.

 

[MoodyBlues]

Slide the automatic switch over.. You can manually do that.

Honey, I did that; that's how I found out that:
The article's "Select Date Format" doesn't exist for me when I choose "set date"...