clock module year %Y format-string invalid

[DyslexicAtheist]

Hi,

my configuration of the clock module looks like this (note the %Y format string):

    "clock": {
        "timezone": "Europe/Paris",
        "format": "{:%a, %b %d %Y} ",
        "format-alt": "{:%H:%M %Z} ",
        "tooltip": false
    },

this results in the following output (see lower right corner):

It is possible to use a workaround to get the desired result, which is to use %C%y:

"clock": {
    "timezone": "Europe/Paris",
    "format": "{:%a, %b %d %C%y} ",
    "format-alt": "{:%H:%M %Z} ",
    "tooltip": false
},

and then the formatting is correct:

waybar --version
Waybar v0.9.2-140-g759602a (branch 'master')

best regards,
~DA

[jamespeapen]

Does date +"%a, %b %d %Y" output the year correctly in your shell?

[DyslexicAtheist]

@jamespeapen yes it does.
From my understanding Waybar doesn't use date command from the shell but gets pulled into Waybar/subprojects as explained in #594

[jamespeapen]

@DyslexicAtheist You're right. I was wondering if it was a locale issue. Turns out there was a bug in the date library (#565, HowardHinnant/date#525), but there's a fix - #715. It doesn't work if timezone is specified though.