How do we configure the panel clock in 21.04

[Bret Busby]

On 27/04/2021, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I have UbuntuMATE 21.04 running.
>
> The panel clock does not display either the date, or, the seconds
> component of the time, and, I can not find how to configure the panel
> clock so that it displays these two components.
>
> How do I configure the clock in the panel, to display the date
> (weekday monthday month) and the seconds component of the time?
>
> In 20.10, by clicking on the clock, with the non-dominant ,mouse
> button, then selecting Preferences, in the General tab, is
>
> "Clock Preferences" - Title bar
>
> "
> Clock Format
> () 12 hour format    ()24 hour format
>
> Panel Display
> () Show the date
> () Show seconds
> () Show week numbers in calendar
> () Show weather
> () Show temperature
> "
>
> But, all of this is missing, from the 21.04 panel clock.
>
> Thank you in anticipation.
>

I have kind of figured it out.

The panel clock, which is the clock that is automatically installed in
the panel, upon system installation, is a component of the applet
"Indicator Applet Complete", in which, the clock component is
minimalist, and can not be configured.

What I have on the 20.10 system that is running, in the same position
in the panel, is the applet "Clock", which was apparently added to the
panel, in a reincarnation of the operating system; either during the
life of the current version, or, in a previous lifetime, in a previous
version, before the version upgrade to the 20.10 version.

So, whilst the Clock applet would be a more useful component of the
"Indicator Applet Complete", with the configurability of the Clock
applet, than the unconfigurable (well, to the same extent) clock
component of the "Indicator Applet Complete", at this stage, it
appears that the only way to have a clock in the panel, that has the
configurability of the Clock applet, is to add the Clock applet to the
panel, to be there in addition to the clock component of the Indicator
Applet Complete, so, having two clocks in the panel.

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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