Clock no longer displays longer format strings

[Flootersmm]

Waybar 0.10.0 with kernel 6.8.1-arch1-1 has just today started to not accept longer format strings and appears blank if I use anything longer than :%H:%M, such as including glyphs or further format specifiers. Adjust min/max-length does nothing.

In particular, I get no error messages.

The tooltip format string functions just fine. I made no changes and my clock more or less randomly broke.

Reverting to Waybar 0.9.24-3-x86-64 has solved this temporarily.

[FelixJochems]

For me it only breaks with the glyphs I had in the formatting previously. Removing those brings back the time with the formatting I had set previously.

Did some more testing, putting the glyphs in the formatting options of other waybar modules works just fine so it is only the clock that has been broken.

[virtuallynaman]

For me it only breaks with the glyphs I had in the formatting previously. Removing those brings back the time with the formatting I had set previously.

Did some more testing, putting the glyphs in the formatting options of other waybar modules works just fine so it is only the clock that has been broken.

++ Same behaviour

[DamianRyse]

For me it only breaks with the glyphs I had in the formatting previously. Removing those brings back the time with the formatting I had set previously.

Did some more testing, putting the glyphs in the formatting options of other waybar modules works just fine so it is only the clock that has been broken.

I can confirm this issue. Had the same problem with the following format string: "format": "{: %H:%M %p  %a, %b %e}",

Error message:

2024-03-18 08:44:35.000] [error] clock: chrono format error: no '%' at start of chrono-specs

[GodGMN]

Same issue there. I updated yesterday and my clock stopped showing, I haven't changed my configuration file for weeks.

This is my format string: "format": "{:󰥔 %R  %d/%m}",

This is the error message:

[error] clock: format error: invalid arg-id in format string

I want to add that my whole system date got resetted, it has never happened before. I don't know if another update in some other time related package broke it. It may be totally unrelated but I find it rather weird that I had two issues related with date the same day.

[M2rsh]

Same here also updated yesterday
format: "format": "<b>{:󰥔 %H:%M 󰃭 %d/%m}</b>"
error message: [error] clock: chrono format error: no '%' at start of chrono-specs

but the clock doesnt even show up

[ordy]

@M2rsh that line works for me on 0.10 if you format it like this "format": "<b>󰥔{:%H:%M 󰃭 %d/%m}</b>" instead.

[M2rsh]

󰥔{:%H:%M 󰃭 %d/%m}

it kinda works i just added a space <b>󰥔 {:%H:%M 󰃭 %d/%m}</b>" and it works perfectly thanks

[DamianRyse]

󰥔{:%H:%M 󰃭 %d/%m}

it kinda works i just added a space <b>󰥔 {:%H:%M 󰃭 %d/%m}</b>" and it works perfectly thanks

This indeed works for me as well!

[virtuallynaman]

@M2rsh that line works for me on 0.10 if you format it like this "format": "<b>󰥔{:%H:%M 󰃭 %d/%m}</b>" instead.

thanks works with this format
"format": " {:%OI:%M %p}",
"format-alt": " {:%a, %d %b}"

[kabeleh]

"format": "{: %I:%M %p  %a, %b %e}", sadly stopped working too.

[multisme]

Related to this
#2659
and this
fmtlib/fmt#3445
The documentation should be updated to reflect the changes.

[nebulosa2007]

Quick fix for my config is:

-  "format-alt": "{:Week %V of the %Y}"
+  "format-alt": "Week {:%V of the %Y}"

Just move all symbols or glyphs outside the brackets and it should start with {:%.....