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How to display date at status bar?

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spman

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Hi,

How to display date at the status bar? (status bar meaning the top bar that shows the time, battery percent etc)

The clock settings in Samsung galaxy A32 5G phone does not have the feature to show date at the status bar.

I tried these apps but they do not work, unable to show date at status bar
DateBar DateBar - date in status bar - Apps on Google Play
Date in Status Bar HD Date in Status Bar HD - Apps on Google Play

Thanks
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22 Aug 2024 update, my solution:

Good Lock Quickstar works but the date cannot be adjusted in older phones so some part of the date is blocked by the front camera for some settings. Only newer phones with newer samsung UI can adjust the date format to shorten the date so nothing will be blocked by the front camera, follow this video to customise date format (0:43min
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This app Always Visible Time and Memo works very well as an alternative to Good Lock Quickstar because I can select date format, make it small, position it above the time, so nothing is blocked by the front camera, Always Visible Time and Memo Always Visible Time and Memo - Apps on Google Play

Apps listed below works but if there is new notification the date may move to the right or disappear for some time because of new notification appearing on status bar
Calendar Status Bar Calendar Status Bar - Apps on Google Play
Date in Status Bar Date in Status Bar - Apps on Google Play
DateBar - date in status bar DateBar - date in status bar - Apps on Google Play
 
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spman said:
Hi,

How to display date at the status bar? (status bar meaning the top bar that shows the time, battery percent etc)

The clock settings in Samsung galaxy A32 5G phone does not have the feature to show date at the status bar.

I tried these apps but they do not work, unable to show date at status bar
DateBar DateBar - date in status bar - Apps on Google Play
Date in Status Bar HD Date in Status Bar HD - Apps on Google Play

Thanks
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Call me a dumby but can you just wait until your device goes to the lock screen?
 
Or you can set the phone to have always on display (aod) to show date and time. Edit: Ooops never mind i don't think your phone has that option..... sorry.
 
spman said:
Hi,

How to display date at the status bar? (status bar meaning the top bar that shows the time, battery percent etc)

The clock settings in Samsung galaxy A32 5G phone does not have the feature to show date at the status bar.

I tried these apps but they do not work, unable to show date at status bar
DateBar DateBar - date in status bar - Apps on Google Play
Date in Status Bar HD Date in Status Bar HD - Apps on Google Play

Thanks
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Why does it make a difference if it's on the main screen or the status bar? There's not a lot of room on the status bar if it's already showing time, SIM card or cards, WiFi and battery % left.

Just wondering
 
AugieTN said:
Why does it make a difference if it's on the main screen or the status bar? There's not a lot of room on the status bar if it's already showing time, SIM card or cards, WiFi and battery % left.

Just wondering
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I mentioned in #6 I want a date to appear in screenshots, for example in the phone I took a screenshot I want it to show the date and time on the screenshot.
 
spman said:
I mentioned in #6 I want a date to appear in screenshots, for example in the phone I took a screenshot I want it to show the date and time on the screenshot.
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Sorry about that. I understand now

I understand you want the info to display on the screenshot. I don't know if this will help you get there, but the info you are looking for is attached to the screenshot. I believe it's called metadata. If I open a photo or screenshot I can get the info and it displays the date and time. Here's what I can see from a screenshot

screenshotinfo.png
 
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AugieTN said:
Sorry about that. I understand now

I understand you want the info to display on the screenshot. I don't know if this will help you get there, but the info you are looking for is attached to the screenshot. I believe it's called metadata. If I open a photo or screenshot I can get the info and it displays the date and time. Here's what I can see from a screenshot

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Where do you see this?
 
spman said:
Where do you see this?
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If I open a photo in Google Photos, I select the "i" with the circle around it and it gives me the metadata (see photo below)
I use Gimp to resize or crop photos. If I select "Image" then "Metadata" it will show the Metadata
I use to have a Flickr account and I think there was option for metadata and sorting photos by metadata
I hope that helps

infoscreen.png
 
Using Gimp I just added the metadata to a photo. I could resize it smaller. I imagine I could layer the metadata and just add the writing from the metadata to a photo. There's a lot you can do with Gimp

infoscreen.png
 
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