One feature I like about Windows is that the operating system displays the date and time at the bottom of the computer screen on the taskbar. Wouldn’t it be great to have an application that displays the current date and time in all open window’s title bar? Try, Titlebar Date-Time, a free application for the Windows operating system that adds date and time information to the active window of the operating system.
Add date and time to active window
The freeware is designed for users who want date and time information visible on the system at all times. It is also compatible with older versions of Windows, so depending on your version of Windows, a clock and time information may be displayed on it. A clock is displayed at all times if the taskbar is visible, while the date is only visible if you display large icons on the taskbar (this is the default setting).
TitlebarTime has no complex interface and quietly resides in the title bar of any open window. Once you have downloaded the application and completed its installation, you need to restart the system. There’s no requirement to tweak settings. Also, the program does away with the need to customize the time and date, as it works in sync with your system clock.
The only time this setting doesn’t hold is when the title of a window exceeds 40 characters. At such times, the time and date aren’t displayed. One point worth mentioning here, an extra window appears every time you run the program, and when closed, the TitlebarTime too gets closed.
The application leaves some scope for modifying the settings. For instance, style can be customized. Also, you can change the color of the background and/or text and format the date and time as you wish.
- Full/Short weekday (Monday, Mon)
- Full/Short month (April, Apr)
- Two/Four digit year (2010, 01)
- 12/24 hour
- Numerical date
- Custom date separator
- Show/hide time
- Show/hide seconds
- Show/hide AM/PM
- Show/hide week number
- You can even add text before/after the date-time display
Titlebar Date-Time download
The program is free and you can download it here from CNET. Users have reported that it works in Windows 10 but not in Windows 11.
looks useless.
tried it before, clumsy and messed up a few things in my system too
Running on a Surface pro 3 Win 8.1 64bit
It constantly flashed on and off on Chrome browser – very annoying
I couldn’t get the settings to show.
Needs more work……
Uninstalled
I use Cool Clock extension for Chrome and you should too ;)
How many clock and calendars does one need on a desktop or laptop? Look down and to the right, it’s all right there.
It flickers annoyingly when you move the mouse cursor. Would be great if that gets fixed.