I was ultimately able to achieve my exactly desired format using a GNOME extension made by Daniel Khodabakhsh. Thank you Daniel!
I found that here: https://github.com/Daniel-Khodabakhsh/datetime-format Screenshot: http://neartalk.com/ss/2018-04-06_003_1919x1079.png Format: %A | %m-%d-%G | %I:%M %p -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-panel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/465689 Title: Ubuntu Clock Won't Show Year Status in GNOME Panel: In Progress Status in Indicator Date and Time: Fix Released Status in gnome-panel package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in indicator-datetime package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: indicator-datetime, Ubuntu 12.10 The Ubuntu menu bar clock offers no setting to "show year". Yes, I know what year it is, but I have very good reason for wanting it shown. For years, I've been collecting screen-shots, when I'm doing something I think is pretty cool. When I use to use windows, these screen shots (over the years) have always showed the current year. However, since April of 2007 (The date I started using Ubuntu exclusively), my screen shots have not included the year, because the Gnome clock doesn't provide this capability. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TimeAndDate#settings>: "'Year' should be both insensitive and unchecked whenever 'Date and month' is unchecked..." To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-panel/+bug/465689/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp