Unity Clock Missing

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I recently installed ubuntu 12.10 and it seems as though my clock is missing. I also don't see any options for date/time in the system settings panel.

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Am I missing something? Again this is with Unity.

in my case it was running but bugged, I could not change settings and so; I did `pkill -f indicator-datetime` and it instantly worked again! — Aquarius Power, Jun 04 '14 at 23:52
@AquariusPower This worked for me as well too under 14.04 LTS. Thanks — seb, Jun 17 '14 at 10:00
That worked for me also under 14.04. I guess the clock is just buggy. — John Scott, Aug 31 '14 at 15:33
none of the solutions worked for my unbuntu16 where my clock disappeared after some automatic update. — Kemin Zhou, Feb 23 '18 at 00:10

score 105 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 17 '14 at 10:02

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As per the comments above I've fixed this issue on my brand new 14.04 LTS installation by running.

$ pkill -f indicator-datetime-service

The clock came straight back.

answered Jun 17 '14 at 10:02

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interesting, none of the other tips worked for me, this did. thx. – towi Jul 03 '14 at 07:35
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This should be the accepted answer. (At least if the question were for 14.04.4 LTS.) – Peterino Apr 19 '16 at 20:31
This is the one that worked for me. Shell-only answers deserve extra points. – rubicks Mar 09 '18 at 17:43

score 17 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 17 '14 at 15:37

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Open a terminal window (Ctrl+Alt+T), then run the following:

killall unity-panel-service

This command should reset the panel, and hopefully reactivate the clock indicator.

edited Jul 17 '14 at 15:37

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answered Jul 17 '14 at 15:00

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To make it more convinient you can also create an alias in `~/.bashrc` or `~/.bash_aliases`. `alias restart-clock="killall unity-panel-service"` – sobi3ch Mar 14 '15 at 11:32

score 13 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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This could be one of two things, either the clock isn't installed, or a setting has been flipped to turn it off.

First make sure the clock is installed by making sure indicator-datetime is installed:

Then log out and back in. If it's already installed and it's still not showing up, try the options here:

How to make the date appear next to the time indicator in Gnome Classic?

If that still doesn't work update your question with the results, thanks!

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answered Dec 01 '12 at 22:34

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Thanks for the hints! A simple sudo apt-get install indicator-datetime fixed the problem! – Brian Dec 01 '12 at 23:38

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 02 '13 at 20:29

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sudo apt-get install indicator-datetime

and logout/login.

answered Sep 02 '13 at 20:29

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score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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Worked for me:

sudo apt-get install indicator-datetime
sudo dpkg-reconfigure --frontend noninteractive tzdata
sudo killall unity-panel-service

Reference: https://askubuntu.com/a/357280/25184

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answered Mar 04 '14 at 02:20

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No need for `sudo` before `killall`. – Mladen Jablanović Mar 06 '14 at 11:40
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In my case `killall unity-panel-service` was enough to bring the clock back. – Luís de Sousa Jul 13 '14 at 10:01
Also works on Ubuntu 14.04. – Luís de Sousa Jan 16 '15 at 13:54

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