How to show seconds on the clock in GNOME 3?

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Is it possible to show the seconds on the clock in GNOME 3?

score 173 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 14 '13 at 20:51

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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

answered Nov 14 '13 at 20:51

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For those who prefer the GUI way, @MichelSamia gives another answer based on gnome-tweak-tool – Didier L Jun 16 '17 at 17:28
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. – Gabriel Devillers Nov 14 '18 at 16:01
Works in Fedora 32 as well – Water May 01 '20 at 18:17
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Works on ubuntu 20.04 – codename_47 Nov 27 '20 at 02:58
not working. Do I need to restart ? – Moon Jan 13 '21 at 04:08
Did not work on Ubuntu 18.04.5 w/ GNOME 3.28.2 but the Riki137's answer did. – Spiralwise May 26 '21 at 08:30
Worked for me on the beta of Ubuntu 22.04. – mpontillo Apr 05 '22 at 22:27
This option didn't work for me on Ubuntu 22.04 (at least without a restart), but using gnome-tweaks did (see Michel Samia's answer and JoyfulPanda's comment). – KBurchfiel Jun 21 '23 at 16:18

score 54 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 10 '15 at 10:30

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GUI way:

launch gnome-tweak-tool, sometimes called Advanced Settings
click the Top Bar menu
enable Show seconds

answered Sep 10 '15 at 10:30

Michel Samia

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I found this on my new RHEL 7 VM was called "Tweaks". It was a separate application from "Settings". – ArtOfWarfare May 18 '20 at 19:51
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`gnome-tweak-tool` is changed to now `gnome-tweaks`. – JoyfulPanda Aug 24 '22 at 10:03
Worked great for me on Ubuntu 22.02 (using gnome-tweaks instead of gnome-tweak). – KBurchfiel Jun 21 '23 at 16:20

score 49 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 06 '23 at 03:09

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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:

edited Jan 06 '23 at 03:09

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answered May 19 '20 at 13:14

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ugh. having to install a separate tool isn't "user-friendly" in my mind. – Michael Dec 02 '20 at 00:49
@Michael so you better want to put strange things on Terminal? – Máxima Alekz Mar 03 '22 at 14:27

score 17 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 11 '17 at 19:00

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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

edited Mar 11 '17 at 19:00

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answered May 02 '11 at 21:22

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No such schema 'org.gnome.shell.clock' → `gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface clock-show-seconds true` – Dereckson Jun 04 '16 at 23:14

score 3 · Answer 5 · edited Feb 21 '19 at 16:43

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For MATE Desktop (the continuation and fork of GNOME 2 with GTK+ 3 support), you can achieve this using the graphical user interface (GUI)!

Right-click on date and time:
Go to Preferences
Now enable the Show seconds

The end result:

Drink beer and Vote me up, cause it rocks!

edited Feb 21 '19 at 16:43

answered Feb 21 '18 at 14:26

Amir Hossein Baghernezad

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