Time
The time item shows the date and time in your menu bar, plus world clocks and other information in the dropdown menu.
Styling options #
Clicking the time item in iStat Menus shows options to control the font, font size, colour and other settings.
Editing the menu bar clock and world clocks #
The menu bar clock and world clocks in iStat Menus are highly customisable. All relatively normal clock formats are possible, as are some wildly different formats. To edit the menu bar clock, click the pencil icon in the menu bar preview.
Our menu bar clock and world clock format examples help document covers menu bar clocks in more detail, with many examples.
Editing world clock city names #
The world clock city names can be edited, to add notes, or for any other reason — maybe you’d like to show coworkers’ names next to their location? You can do that! Click Edit Clocks on the time tab to add locations to the list of world clocks, or to edit location names.
Adding UTC to the world clock #
If you’d like UTC in the time dropdown menu, search for “UTC” when adding a location. “Current location” can also be added.
System time offset #
The system time offset token can be used to show the difference between the system time and the displayed city’s time — if the city is 2 hours ahead of the system time, a +2 will be shown.
First day of the week #
When set to “Automatic”, iStat Menus uses the same first day of the week as macOS has been set to. If you’d like a different first day of the week in the calendar, please set it on the Time tab.
World Clock format #
It’s also possible to change the format of the world clocks shown in the time dropdown menu. To edit the world clock format, hover over the menu preview with the world clocks and click the settings cog icon.
Default calendar app #
iStat Menus opens the default macOS calendar app when the icon at the bottom of the time dropdown menu is clicked. The default calendar app can be set by opening Apple’s built-in Calendar app, and choosing a different app in Preferences.
