Add date to time

[xJoe]

Hi,
great watchface! Just found it today and it will take me quite some time to figure out all possible settings. Fantastic work and all the possibilities to adopt layout to my preferences. Thanks for all the work you put in this!
I was looking for a possibility to add the date (i.e. June 18) below the current time. Is there a way to do this? Tx.
Joe

[mddub]

Thanks! Showing the date is not supported right now, but it's a high priority on the roadmap. For now, you could show it in the status bar as part of a "custom URL" status (with the "multiple" status option if you want to show other status text above/below it).

[mddub]

http://www.timeapi.org/ lets you do this fairly easily, with support for a specific time zone and lots of formatting options:

For example, I would use this for PDT:
http://www.timeapi.org/pdt?format=%25a%20%25b%20%25d

[xJoe]

Thank you. I try using the URL you posted (Custom URL Text) but it displays only -. If I copy the URL to safari the date is displayed. Can you give me a hint what I do wrong?

[mddub]

You're right: this ended up revealing an absurdly subtle bug. Short story is that it's fixed in the latest release, so if you reinstall the watchface, that URL should work now.

Long story is that Pebble has a slight inconsistency across platforms. The emulator doesn't decode the data returned by the config page in the same way as the iOS/Android apps, and Urchin was assuming the emulator's behavior reflected all platforms. As such, a URL like the one from timeapi.org (containing %) kind of breaks everything. I've submitted a pull request to fix the inconsistency in the Pebble emulator. Until then, I added a workaround to Urchin in 101532.

Either way, I'm suggesting you show the date via an extra web request only as a slightly crazy last resort until the watchface has real support for it. :)

[tuzoenduro]

One question, how do we add a +2 to the timeapi setup?
I live in France, so GMT+2, but so far I can only put GMT otherwise I get errors.

Minor issue, as it only means that the new date will roll at 2am instead of midnight, but still...

Thanks!

[mddub]

@tuzoenduro see the http://www.timeapi.org/ docs. Chronic has a list of all the format options and time zones somewhere.

Or I believe you can do something like
http://www.timeapi.org/gmt/in-two-hours?format=%25a%20%25b%20%25d

[xJoe]

@tuzoenduro: I use now http://www.timeapi.org/cet?format=%25a%20%25b%20%25d
See https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/ for other time zone abbreviations

[mddub]

The current release, v0.0.13, adds a "Date" status bar option with configurable format.

If anyone is interested in non-English translations, please make changes to status_formatters.js and submit a pull request.