To configure Clock widget’s properties, please follow the instructions below:

  1. In your advanced channel layout, click the Clock widget under the Widgets section.

  2. In the Widget Properties window, configure the common tabs as per this article: Widgets: Configure Widget Properties.

  3. In the Widget Properties window, click the APPEARANCE tab, and edit the PROPERTIES section as per the table below:

    VISIBILITY and PROPERTIES section

    Properties Description
    Show Date, Show Time Check these checkboxes to show or hide date and time.
    Caps Check this checkbox to capitalize the date.
    Order Select the order of date and time.
    Style Select single line or double line.
    Time Zone Select the time zone. Note the timezone is an offset value applied to to the devices’ current time in UTC. Devices must have NTP sync for the timezones to display accurate values. The timezone property does not take into account daylight savings time changes.
    Font, Size, Align, Color, Bold Choose the font, size, alignment, color and bold options. There are two separate tabs – Date and Time to allow you can choose different font properties for the Date and Time.
    Date Display Format Visible in the DATE tab. Choose to use date pattern or a date, day, month and year format of your choice. Refer to the table below for a description and of the date and time pattern.
    Time Display Format Visible in the TIME tab. Choose to use a time pattern or either 24-hour or AM/PM time format. Refer to the table below for a description of the date and time pattern.

DATE and TIME tabs

  • Change the font type, size, alignment, and color in the widget.
  • Select the ‘12 hour’ or ‘24 hour’ option. Alternatively, to customize the date and time format, check the Use Date Pattern or Use Time Pattern checkbox.The table below lists the various possibilities of date and time patterns.
    Pattern Date Time
    MM/dd/yyyy 08/22/2006
    dddd, dd MMMM yyyy Tuesday, 01 August 2006
    ddd, d MMM yyyy H:mm Tue, 1 Aug 2006 6:30
    dddd, dd MMMM yyyy hh:mm tt Tuesday, 01 August 2006 06:30 AM
    dddd, dd MMMM yy H:mm Tuesday, 01 August 06 6:30
    dddd, dd MMMM yyyy h:mm tt Tuesday, 01 August 2006 6:30 AM
    dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Tuesday, 01 August 2006 06:30:07
    MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm 08/22/2006 06:30
    MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm tt 08/22/2006 06:30 AM
    MM/dd/yyyy H:mm 08/22/2006 6:30
    MM/dd/yyyy h:mm tt 08/22/2006 6:30 AM
    MM/dd/yyyy h:mm tt 08/22/2006 6:30 AM
    MM/dd/yyyy h:mm tt 08/22/2006 6:30 AM
    MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss 08/22/2006 06:30:07
    MMMM d August 01
    MMM dd Aug 01
    HH:mm 06:30
    hh:mm tt 06:30 AM
    H:mm 6:30
    h:mm tt 6:30 AM
    HH:mm:ss 06:30:07
    yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss 2006-08-22 06:30:07
    dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Tuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30:07
    yyyy MMMM 2006 August
    yyyy MMMM 2006 August
    The following table details the definition of each pattern character:
    Pattern Character Description
    d Represents the day of the month as a number from 1 through 31. A single-digit day is formatted without a leading zero
    dd Represents the day of the month as a number from 01 through 31. A single-digit day is formatted with a leading zero
    ddd Represents the abbreviated name of the day of the week (Mon, Tues, Wed etc)
    dddd Represents the full name of the day of the week (Monday, Tuesday etc)
    h 12-hour clock hour (e.g. 7)
    hh 12-hour clock, with a leading 0 (e.g. 07)
    H 24-hour clock hour (e.g. 19)
    HH 24-hour clock hour, with a leading 0 (e.g. 19)
    m Minutes
    mm Minutes with a leading zero
    M Month number
    MM Month number with leading zero
    MMM Abbreviated Month Name (e.g. Dec)
    MMMM Full month name (e.g. December)
    s Seconds
    ss Seconds with leading zero
    t Abbreviated AM / PM (e.g. A or P)
    tt AM / PM (e.g. AM or PM
    y Year, no leading zero (e.g. 2001 would be 1)
    yy Year, leadin zero (e.g. 2001 would be 01)
    yyy Year, (e.g. 2001 would be 2001)
    yyyy Year, (e.g. 2001 would be 2001)
    : Represents the time separator. This separator is used to differentiate hours, minutes, and seconds.
    / Represents the date separator. This separator is used to differentiate years, months, and days.