How to set the Waybar clock in Spanish

I don't know how to set the Waybar clock to Spanish. I have tried with LC_TIME but it doesn't work. Could you indicate which file I should modify to be able to set the clock to Spanish?

You can set the timeformat in the dotfiles App.

But where do I configure it. In which file, or should I create a new one. I would appreciate your help. Thank you.

But where do I configure it. In which file, or should I create a new one. I would appreciate your help. Thank you.

How do you want the clock to look like? Can you share an example?

Now in the modules.json file I have this:

"clock": { "format": " {:%H:%M - %A}", "locale": "es_ES.UTF-8", "interval": 1, "on-click": "ags -t calendar", "tooltip": false },

But it keeps showing me the day of the week in English at the bar and I want it in Spanish.

Same here. I would like to have the day in fr_CA but it stays in english. Also same problem for locale folder names don't use xdg-document-portal , the scripts all use ~/Downloads but the name is not the same if you are using another locale. I have set: "locale": "fr_CA.UTF-8", in config with no success. A similar problem was open last year : https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar/issues/2694 . (Tried also fr_ca.utf-8/utf8/UTF8 with no success).

The linked issue from @PerfMonk has the solution. For format, add the L after the first colon "format": "{:L ... }",

For format, add the L after the first colon "format": "{:L ... }",

I tried that, but it does not work, and instead the L gets printed:

"clock": {
    "locale": "es_MX.UTF-8",
    "format": "{:L%a %d de %b  %I:%M:%S}"
}

yields LSat 28 de Dec 12:01:32

Waybar 0.9.17 from Debian 12 if it helps.

It seems to be a Hyprland known problem.

Le sam. 28 déc. 2024 à 01:02, L. Manuel @.***> a écrit :

For format, add the L after the first colon "format": "{:L ... }",

I tried that, but it does not work, and instead the L gets printed:

"clock": { "locale": "es_MX.UTF-8", "format": "{:L%a %d de %b %I:%M:%S}"}

yields LSat 28 de Dec 12:01:32

Waybar 0.9.17 from Debian 12 if it helps.

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Have you enabled all the needed languages in /etc/locale.gen and generated with locale-gen? I tested it, if You do so, You can set:

"clock": {
    "locale": "es_MX.UTF-8",
    "format": "{:L%a %d de %b  %I:%M:%S}"
}

You can set a lenguage globaly in /etc/locale.conf an override it per user in ~/.config/locale.conf "locale": "es_MX.UTF-8", is not needed, if it is enabled in locale.conf, but the L ist needed to set it to the locale.

My locale is generated correctly. I have set keyboard layout canadian french. The total OS was installed with my locale and everything works fine. The waybar clock is correctly defined : "clock": { "timezone": "America/Toronto", "locale": "fr_CA.UTF-8", "format": "{:%H:%M - %A}", "interval":1, "on-click-right": "XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=GNOME gnome-calendar", "tooltip-format": "{:%Y %B}\n{calendar}", "format-alt": "{:%Y-%m-%d}" }, If I type the command in a shell (kitty), I get a correct answer : date "+%H:%M-%A" returns: "00:23-vendredi" wich is my correct current time and format. The problem appears only when waybar calls for the locale, it always returns an english day name.

I can't say anything more about it.

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Le jeu. 2 janv. 2025 à 04:27, Guido De Gobbis @.***> a écrit :

Have you enabled all the needed languages in /etc/locale.gen and generated with locale-gen? I tested it, if You do so, You can set:

"locale": "es_MX.UTF-8",
"format": "{:L%a %d de %b  %I:%M:%S}"

}``` You can set a lenguage globaly in /etc/locale.conf an override it per user in ~/.config/locale.conf "locale": "es_MX.UTF-8", is not needed, if it is enabled in locale.conf, but the L ist needed to set it to the locale.

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My locale is generated correctly. I have set keyboard layout canadian french. The total OS was installed with my locale and everything works fine. The waybar clock is correctly defined :

  "clock": {
   "timezone": "America/Toronto",
   "locale": "fr_CA.UTF-8",
   "format": "{:%H:%M - %A}",
   "interval":1,
   "on-click-right": "XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=GNOME gnome-calendar",
          "tooltip-format": "<big>{:%Y %B}</big>\n<tt><small>{calendar}</small></tt>",
          "format-alt": "{:%Y-%m-%d}"
        },

If I type the command in a shell (kitty), I get a correct answer : date "+%H:%M-%A" returns: "00:23-vendredi" wich is my correct current time and format. The problem appears only when waybar calls for the locale, it always returns an english day name.

I can't say anything more about it.

Your keyboard layout isn't important. It is important that fr_CA.UTF-8 is uncommented in /etc/locale.gen and generated with locale-gen. Also important is that the variable LANG is set to fr_CA.UTF-8 in /etc/locale.conf. The command locale should reflect this.

If this is the case, this configuration should be sufficient:

  "clock": {
   "timezone": "America/Toronto",
   "format": "{:L%H:%M - %A}",
   "interval":1,
   "on-click-right": "XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=GNOME gnome-calendar",
          "tooltip-format": "<big>{:L%Y %B}</big>\n<tt><small>{calendar}</small></tt>",
          "format-alt": "{:%Y-%m-%d}"
        },

All is correctly set. I have removed the "locale" line in the clock module (as it was before...) but the date is still showed in english. On recent systemd there is no /etc/locale.gen file, you must use localectl. It is correctly set as you can see here:

[root@fido etc]# localectl
System Locale: LANG=fr_CA.UTF-8
    VC Keymap: ca
   X11 Layout: ca
    X11 Model: pc105
[root@fido etc]# 

But the waybar clock still show "Sunday" in english instead of "Dimanche" in french. It's very mysterious .

Perhaps we also use different distros. I use Arch and have de-DE.UTF-8 as default and also use Systemd.

Without the process with locale-gen it doesn't work for me either, but if I enter de-DE.UTF-8 and fr_CA.UTF-8 in the file /etc/locale.gen and then run locale-gen as root, I can change the clock in the waybar.

So if that doesn't work for you, or your distro doesn't support locale-gen, I don't know what to do right now.

I'm on Fedora 41 with gnome and hyprland installed. Modern distro using systemd will all eventually stop using locale.gen. It is now controlled by a systemd tool : localectl. see my locale here:

localectl status
System Locale: LANG=fr_CA.UTF-8
    VC Keymap: ca
   X11 Layout: ca
    X11 Model: pc105

I have no /etc/locale.gen but there is a /etc/locale.conf (containing only : LANG="fr_CA.UTF-8").

The issue is not related to locale configuration but on waybar not using the selected locale within the clock widget.

Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) x86_64 Laptop 13 (AMD Ryzen 7040Series) A7

System Locale: LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
    VC Keymap: (unset)         
   X11 Layout: es
    X11 Model: pc105

Trying

"format": {:L%a %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S}

prints the 'L' character in front of the english formatted string

Removing this line:

"timezone": <Country>/<City>"

fixes the issue for me

I'm on SDT -06:00 however so I don't know if that would work for other time zones