[module/date] ;https://github.com/jaagr/polybar/wiki/Module:-date type = internal/date ; Seconds to sleep between updates interval = 5 ; See "http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/io/manip/put_time" for details on how to format the date string ; NOTE: if you want to use syntax tags here you need to use %%{...} ;date = " %d-%m-%Y" date = date-alt = " %Y-%m-%d" time = " %H:%M" time-alt = format-prefix = format-prefix-foreground = ${colors.orange} format-underline = ${colors.violet} format-foreground = ${colors.foreground} format-background = ${colors.modbackground} label = %date% %time%