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Day of the week in Today screen?

Any app that can show the day of the week in the Today screen? Day and date would be just about enough for me.

Calender + might be a good app for you. It shows you several days and it's free. http://www.freewareppc.com/clock/calendar.shtml
Personal I use pocket informant v5.61 with the links on my todayscreen linking to that program. If you are used to it you can't live without it !!
Regards,
R,

I use Pocket Informant too, but I haven't found any way to display this information. I don't want a whole calendar, just the day and date on the Today screen.

If you select to display 'Date' in the settings \ today \ items, wouldn't that be OK?

That doesn't display the day, only the date. I'd like both.

On my XDA II, Date shows both date and day. Make sure your regional settings are set to show both; settings / system / regional settings; look at the bottom appearance sample for Long date; you can edit this setting on the date tab. Mine is set for dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy.
-e

That was the solution I wanted, but unfortunately I can't edit the setting. Any register buff that can point me in the right direction?

Loboman said:
Any app that can show the day of the week in the Today screen? Day and date would be just about enough for me.
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As I understand U want the day notification under today screen date...if is it so...here U have the registry changes to do:
1) Go to the HKLM\nls\Overrides key.
2) Add a String value called "SLDte" if it does not already exist.
3) Set the value to a valid date format (ie for "Tuesday 8 February 2005" use "dddd d MMMM yyyy")
4) Soft reset.
Hope it helps :wink:
Regards,
Primoz

Watch the screenshot from calendar +
http://mohairsofa.com/Default.aspx/document/41
Regards,
R.

Pc78 said:
1) Go to the HKLM\nls\Overrides key.
2) Add a String value called "SLDte" if it does not already exist.
3) Set the value to a valid date format (ie for "Tuesday 8 February 2005" use "dddd d MMMM yyyy")
4) Soft reset.
Hope it helps :wink:
Regards,
Primoz
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Primoz - You da god! Exactly what I wanted. Somehow, the Swedish translators has fucxed this up somewhere.. Checked my iPAQ and it had the same flaw.

One strange thing is if you change your regional settings, for an exemple, to English (United States) which has a long date like "dddd, dd MMMM, yyyy". Then switch back to Swedish and you will see that the long date looks like this "fredag, 25, februari, 2005". But when one presses ok this disappears...
Just discovered that if you change it to English (United States) and then make a soft reset. After that the phone has reset you change it back to Swedish and then you have a swedish long date like "dddd, dd MMMM, yyyy" in the today view
I don't know how long this will last, but there seems to be some kind of solution to this problem anyway.
This also works with calendar +

Thanks Primoz
I also dicoverd you can add your own text like " 'Today 'dddd d MMMM yyyy " and you will have " Today friday 25 Febrary 2005 ".

disappearing day display? got the date but no 'friday'

hello!
hope this makes sense!
at the top of the today page there is the display for the date.......
it normally reads "Friday 01 July 2005"
but on my device (qtek s100 1.12 rom) it only displays "01 July 2005" the day has gone???
this only seems to happen after installing some programs, but its dosnt seem to be a specific one?
hope someone can help
many thanks
Mark

I have the same thing here. But if I put my regional settings back to Dutch it does display the date thing the right way, but in Dutch. (And that doesn't make sense if evertything else is in English) I have the regional settings on English and it doesn't say which day of the week it is.

If your regional settings are US then it displays the Day, but UK doesn't.
Sucks :evil:

You can customise the date display on the today screen. You need a registry editor and need to add a new registry key.
Browse to:
\HKLM\nls\overrides
and add a new STRING value called SLDte
Its value can be a combination of:
d - One/two digit day number
dd - Two digit day number
ddd - Abbreviated weekday name
dddd - Full weekday name
M - One/two digit month number
MM - Two digit month number
MMM - Abbreviated month name
MMMM - Full month name
y - One/two digit year number
yy - Two digit year number
yyy - Full year number
On mine, my SLDte key is set to
dddd, d MMMM yyyy
so today it displays "Friday, 1 July 2005"
Hope that helps...
Merlin

Wow! Thank you PDAMerlin

Yeaah.. that did the trick. Thanks man.

Register strings
Hi
I just made the changes to the registery. works great.
Coul somebody please tell me how many entries they have in
nls\overrides
It looks like i could have deleted 1 by mistake. I only have 3 inc the date change string.
many thanks
kev
Qtek s100

thank you now have the day back!

Many thanks for that tip. Do you know if there any simple way to put the time on the same line too, there's probably space and it would work well there. No worries if not, it's on the bar above anyway.
Andre

How To Put Date On Taskbar?

Does anyone know a way to put the date on the taskbar with the start button and time etc? I want to do this so I can remove the date from the today screen, and also so I can see the date from any window, like the time.

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=WM5_Tweaks_Other
At section `Change the display of the clock in the taskbar`
Note: Once you've change the registry. Give it a good (say) 3-5 minutes for it to have it registered/stored before doing a soft reset. If the time/date doesn't change after soft reset, check the registry again, probably you didn't give it enough time to update. Although this reg edit is relatively harmless, back up your device before doing so.

hanmin said:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=WM5_Tweaks_Other
At section `Change the display of the clock in the taskbar`
Note: Once you've change the registry. Give it a good (say) 3-5 minutes for it to have it registered/stored before doing a soft reset. If the time/date doesn't change after soft reset, check the registry again, probably you didn't give it enough time to update. Although this reg edit is relatively harmless, back up your device before doing so.
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Thanks, this worked great, I have the date on my taskbar now, however when trying to alter the short date I have a problem. If I do this example given, "To change the Short Date Format to show "Mon/2" = ddd/d" then this works fine. What I actually want is to show the day and the month, i.e. for the 5th June, i'd like it to display 05/06. I've tried to do this but it displays as "05/m". Any ideas why this happens?

bumpety bump!

You need to use an uppercase M, not lowercase m.
m = minutes, which is invalid in the date field, so it just uses 'm'
M = month, which is valid in the date field, and so should show the date.
Note that if you want the leading zero, you'll need to use MM.

What device or ROM does the Tweaks thread cover?
My Cingular 8125 doesn't have the key described for changing the clock and/or date on the taskbar. :?
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Shell has no "TBOpt" key on my 8125.
Anyone know where the tweak can be made on the 8125?
Thanks.

ZeBoxx said:
You need to use an uppercase M, not lowercase m.
m = minutes, which is invalid in the date field, so it just uses 'm'
M = month, which is valid in the date field, and so should show the date.
Note that if you want the leading zero, you'll need to use MM.
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Result! Works a treat now, thanks

J-Mac said:
What device or ROM does the Tweaks thread cover?
My Cingular 8125 doesn't have the key described for changing the clock and/or date on the taskbar. :?
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Shell has no "TBOpt" key on my 8125.
Anyone know where the tweak can be made on the 8125?
Thanks.
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The key doesn't exist, you need to create it.

fuel925 said:
J-Mac said:
What device or ROM does the Tweaks thread cover?
My Cingular 8125 doesn't have the key described for changing the clock and/or date on the taskbar. :?
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Shell has no "TBOpt" key on my 8125.
Anyone know where the tweak can be made on the 8125?
Thanks.
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The key doesn't exist, you need to create it.
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Cool - Thanks.
I had considered it, but without knowing, I didn't want to add a key.

No problem! Just post again if you have any trouble

I tried to do this per instructions but the final 6 (5/5/06) cuts off. I tried to change it to short date but it didnt work. I had to add the SSDte key but it deletes everytime i restart the phone.

Anyone have any idea how to fix this issue? It appears the date is being cut off...

That's the space reserved for the X/OK button covering the 6.
I don't know how to change the date in the taskbar to the short date format. That would probably help.

FreakinSyco said:
Anyone have any idea how to fix this issue? It appears the date is being cut off...
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how about changin the separator[/] to [.] in date settings

J-Mac said:
That's the space reserved for the X/OK button covering the 6.
I don't know how to change the date in the taskbar to the short date format. That would probably help.
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Ok.. now in short format with either M/d or M/dd I get some odd display. See attached.

Did you try leaving a pace or two after the date code?

J-Mac said:
Did you try leaving a space or two after the date code?
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You sir, are the winner. Thanks a ton. It makes me very very happy to see the date right where I want it.

FreakinSyco said:
J-Mac said:
Did you try leaving a space or two after the date code?
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You sir, are the winner. Thanks a ton. It makes me very very happy to see the date right where I want it.
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Great!
Where was the registry key for changing the date, BTW? (Never get used to this WM5!!)
Never mind - add it, right?
I'm looking for keys that ain't there again!

Does this work on the AKU2 roms?

J-Mac said:
FreakinSyco said:
J-Mac said:
Did you try leaving a space or two after the date code?
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You sir, are the winner. Thanks a ton. It makes me very very happy to see the date right where I want it.
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Great!
Where was the registry key for changing the date, BTW? (Never get used to this WM5!!)
Never mind - add it, right?
I'm looking for keys that ain't there again!
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I used RegistryWizard to get the date onto the taskbar. It does not have any formating options for the date... thus why im in this thread.
See here for RegistryWizard:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=39725
Some people are having issues with the latest version (including me) but the second most recent works fine to add the date.

Date in Today screen on one line?

On my device on the Today screen the date is shown over 2 lines. This seems a waste of screen space. How can I get it to show over one line?
Current, e.g.
Monday........................2154
05 June 2006
Wanted, e.g.
Monday 05 June 2006....2154
Thanks
Rob F

I don't know how to do that, sorry, however have you considered putting the date above the time on the taskbar? That way you can see the date in every window, and you can save even more today screen space. If you want to give this a try, then look at my thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=301200#301200

Hi, yes use lvmtime from the forum's own levenum
see here download cab, install and soft reset http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=45084&start=0

Thanks, I'll have a look at the taskbar option and also try the plugin.
Rob F

or you could upgrade to the new AKU 2.2 ROMs. Then you can get the clock back in the topbar, and a one line date-line on the today-screen.

TodayTime v0.1.3.0
TodayTime v0.1.3.0
http://www.pocketpt.net/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=6&t=8229

Clock missed on todayscreen in 1st line

hi @ all - my problem is that after upgrading & testing several cabs ... I missed the time displayed in the first line (day & date) ... do you know any hack to get it back ... thx

uastiels said:
hi @ all - my problem is that after upgrading & testing several cabs ... I missed the time displayed in the first line (day & date) ... do you know any hack to get it back ... thx
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Is the date still in settings\today\items? Is it selectable?

no - only on the screen

uastiels said:
no - only on the screen
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Ah ok I understand now.
Goto HKLM\nls\overrides\STFmt - and value should be hh:mm:ss tt
or whatever is your preference.
If you have lost the override then create new key 'overrides' and create new string value 'STFmt' with data = 'hh:mm:ss tt'

just the option is now displayed in settings/today ... but no time on screen

uastiels said:
just the option is now displayed in settings/today ... but no time on screen
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Did you to the registry tweak? It might help to try lvmtime and see if that works for the time or not to try and narrow down the problem. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=260441&highlight=lvmtime