How to show seconds in Windows 10 taskbar?

Question

When I need to know the seconds in Windows 10, I need to click on the clock to open it, but that is annoying if I need to do it multiple times or I need to wait for the next minute to be reached.

I would like the taskbar clock to have the seconds (HH:MM:SS) instead of only hours and minutes (HH:MM).

Answer 1

I found the answer here and is really simple:

1. Open the Registry Editor by typing regedit in the start menu
2. Navigate to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
3. Right-click in the Advanced key in the left pane, go to New and then click in DWORD (32-bit) Value.
4. Name the value ShowSecondsInSystemClock and press Enter.
5. Double-click the value you just created in the right pane, enter a value of 1 and click OK (You can leave it Hexadecimal).
6. Sign out or restart the computer.

Answer 2

It is possible to enable seconds by using this method.

You can use an open-source software called T-Clock.

It also has some useful and handy window management features, so it is a solid toolbox. http://i1-win.softpedia-static.com/screenshots/T-Clock-Redux_1.png

You can customize the date/time format by using advanced clock format.

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