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Date Text
The current date as text: weekday, month, day or year, in seven formats you can combine.
About 3 minutes
The current date as text, always correct on the watch.
Settings
| Row | What it does |
|---|---|
| format | How the date is written (see below). |
| colour | Text colour and opacity. |
| font / font size | Typeface and size. 0 size means automatic. |
| h. align / v. align | Where the date sits in its box. |
| outline | An outline around the letters. |
| time zone | Another city's date, for a world clock. |
Formats
| Format | Example |
|---|---|
| Short weekday, month and day | Wed, Sep 16 |
| Short weekday, month, day and year | Wed, Sep 16, 26 |
| Month and day | Sep 16 |
| Numeric | 9/16/26 |
| Month only | Sep |
| Day only | 16 |
| Short weekday and day | Wed 16 |
A single Date Text can't wrap onto two lines on a real watch. For a stacked date, use two objects: one Month only, one Day only.
Every object also has the shared rows (position and size, ambient look, show when, Color Style and more), explained once in Settings Every Object Shares.