time indicator format is wrong in 17.10

Question

Time indicator is shown as "%a %H:%M" in the center of the top bar.

How do I move it back to the right where it belongs, and make it include the full date and time ("%Y-%m-%d %s %H:%M").

This is a regression in 17.10 from 17.04 in the Ubuntu login (Unity seems to work as it did in 17.04).

PS. It is an observed regression because the default login behaves worse than before.

Not a regression if you're comparing oranges with tangerines. It is as always has been in Gnome which is now the default DE instead of Unity. — MichaelBay, Oct 25 '17 at 2:40
I would recommend removing the last paragraph (reason: what MichaelBay said) and change the title to something like "How do I change the position and format of date & time in top bar of Ubuntu 17.10?" as it's not "wrong", that's how it is in GNOME. — pomsky, Oct 25 '17 at 11:39

pomsky · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-03 15:10:11Z

You may achieve your goal using some GNOME shell extensions.

See this Q&A for more options.

You may use Clock override. It lets you

Override the Gnome Shell clock with a new time format or text of your choice.

It supports Python's strftime format (so you'll be able to set your preferred "%Y-%m-%d %s %H:%M" format to display).

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