Missing date & time applet from top Unity panel

I like Unity very much. Recently, I installed Compiz manager and Nautilus Elementary also then tried to Play. During some of my playing around, Unity's clock applet has vanished.

I want to make it show the time again. How can I do this?

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7 Answers

Having date and time gone on Ubuntu 13.10 beta, after next reboot, this command solves the problem:

killall unity-panel-service

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Reinstall indicator-datetime. It should be installed by default, but just in case you have removed it unknowingly, it is best to run the install command again.

sudo apt-get install indicator-datetime

Next, we are going to reconfigure the date time:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure --frontend noninteractive tzdata

Lastly, restart unity.

sudo killall unity-panel-service

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1. Click the Ubuntu logo in the top-left.

2. Search for and open "Time and Date".

3. Open the Clock tab.

4. Make sure the box "Show a clock in menu bar" is ticked.

Also make sure the package indicator-datetime is installed.

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Double check that indicator-datetime is installed. Go to terminal and type

sudo apt-get install indicator-datetime

Now log out and then back in.

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On my computer, Unity shows word "Time" instead of the real time.

On Ubuntu 11 (and above?) /etc/timezone can't be empty (and it was). This wasn't an issue on previous versions.

To regenerate the TimeZone file just do:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure --frontend noninteractive tzdata

It works for me.

If that doesn't work you can try restoring your defaults.

From your unity session, try re-launching unity like this:

unity --reset

If you not found Date-Time on panel then try to find out on whether its hide or not. If not then try to find out its installed or not.

If you find that Date-Time not install then you just install it. 1. apt-get install indicator-datetime 2. killall unity-panel-service

You not need to Logoff or reset Unnity. Just check on your Desktop's Right Corner.