diff --git a/arch-config/.config/sway/config b/arch-config/.config/sway/config
index 93a10442..f612be36 100644
--- a/arch-config/.config/sway/config
+++ b/arch-config/.config/sway/config
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ bar {
 
     # When the status_command prints a new line to stdout, swaybar updates.
     # The default just shows the current date and time.
-    status_command while date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M %p'; do sleep 1; done
+    status_command while date +'%H:%M | %Y-%m-%d %p'; do sleep 1; done
 
     colors {
         statusline #ffffff