Is it possible to show the seconds on the clock in GNOME 3?
5 Answers
Not sure when this path changed, but as of Ubuntu 13.04 the seconds display can be set in the terminal with:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface clock-show-seconds true
To turn seconds display off:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface clock-show-seconds false
and checked with:
gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface clock-show-seconds
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3For those who prefer the GUI way, @MichelSamia gives another answer based on gnome-tweak-tool– Didier LJun 16, 2017 at 17:28
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At first it did not work on my Debian 9. It gave:
(process:23119): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: Cannot autolaunch D-Bus without X11 $DISPLAY
. I checked the value of$DISPLAY
and it was blank! So I started a new terminal,$DISPLAY
was:0
and this time it worked. Nov 14, 2018 at 16:01 -
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GUI way:
- launch gnome-tweak-tool, sometimes called Advanced Settings
- click the Top Bar menu
- enable Show seconds
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2I found this on my new RHEL 7 VM was called "Tweaks". It was a separate application from "Settings". May 18, 2020 at 19:51
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Worked great for me on Ubuntu 22.02 (using gnome-tweaks instead of gnome-tweak). Jun 21, 2023 at 16:20
The GUI way to do this, (on 22.04 LTS) seems to be:
sudo apt install gnome-tweaks
Before 20.04 LTS the package name was different:
sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool
and then launch "Tweaks" either by searching for it in Applications menu or launching gnome-tweaks
from terminal.
From there you'll see something like this:
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5ugh. having to install a separate tool isn't "user-friendly" in my mind.– MichaelDec 2, 2020 at 0:49
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Yes, run this command in a Terminal:
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.clock show-seconds true
And you can verify with:
gsettings get org.gnome.shell.clock show-seconds
Or you can install dconf-tools and use dconf-editor
to browse to org.gnome.shell.clock
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8No such schema 'org.gnome.shell.clock' →
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface clock-show-seconds true
Jun 4, 2016 at 23:14
For MATE Desktop (the continuation and fork of GNOME 2 with GTK+ 3 support), you can achieve this using the graphical user interface (GUI)!
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