Re: showing the date on the gnome3 "top bar"

[Robert Moskowitz <rgm htt-consult com>]

On 01/26/2012 08:15 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 16:31 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> > On 01/25/2012 01:12 AM, Jiro Matsuzawa wrote:
> > > Hi Allan,
> > > You can change the format by use of gnome-tweak-tool.
> > > 1) run gnome-tweak-tool.
> > > 2) open the "Shell" menu on the tool.
> > > 3) switch on "Show date in clock".
> > But this only seems to work for your session.  When you lock your system
> > or before you login, it will be the weekday/time format.
> > I have not found a way to change that.
> I *guess* you'd have the change the setting in DConf for the greeter
> account?

Can you PLEASE enlarge on this statement?  What where is DConf?  What 
settings?

I REALLY don't like to look at only the weekday when the screen is 
locked.  I like seeing the day of the year...

> > Plus sometimes Gnome looses its place in reality and you may see the
> > weekday/time back on your top panel.  To remind Gnome what its relaity
> > is suppose to be, you can restart it with<alt-F2>r
> I've never had that issue on my system.

IT HAS been a while, like over a week since I last had to do this.