{"id":77146,"date":"2024-12-04T14:07:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T08:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=77146"},"modified":"2024-12-04T14:16:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T08:46:06","slug":"year-missing-tray-clock-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/year-missing-tray-clock-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Year Missing in Taskbar Tray Clock in Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After updating your Windows 11 system, you may notice the notification bell missing in the tray area. Also, the year may be missing in the tray clock.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77147\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/year-missing-clock-24h2.jpg\" alt=\"year missing tray clock - Show abbreviated time and date\" width=\"123\" height=\"49\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Resolution<\/h2>\n<p>This is due to a change introduced in the latest Cumulative Update (November 21, 2024\u2014KB5046740 (OS Build 26100.2454) Preview for 24H2.<\/p>\n<p>The change log mentions the following:<\/p>\n<p><em>[Taskbar]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>New! The system tray shows a shortened date and time. Also, the notification bell icon might not show if you have set the toggle for \u201cDo not disturb\u201d to on. If the bell icon does not show, click the date and time to view your messages in the notification center. To go back to the long form of the date and time, go to Settings &gt; Date and Time. Then clear the check mark for \u201c<strong>Show abbreviated time and date<\/strong>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77149\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/year-missing-clock-24h2-abbreviated-date.png\" alt=\"year missing tray clock - Show abbreviated time and date\" width=\"546\" height=\"136\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>To show the bell icon, go to Settings &gt; System &gt; Notifications. To expand the section, click the caret (^) on the right. Select \u201c<strong>Show notification bell icon<\/strong>.\u201d You can also get to these settings using the context menu. Just right click the system tray clock or bell icon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/show-notification-bell-icon.png\" alt=\"show notification bell icon windows 11\" width=\"719\" height=\"319\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/topic\/november-21-2024-kb5046740-os-build-26100-2454-preview-2040f716-b719-482a-8aff-f7f02c79b147\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 21, 2024\u2014KB5046740 (OS Build 26100.2454) Preview &#8211; Microsoft Support<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After updating your Windows 11 system, you may notice the notification bell missing in the tray area. Also, the year may be missing in the tray clock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[869],"tags":[766,583,688],"class_list":["post-77146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-11","tag-cumulative-update","tag-taskbar","tag-windows-update"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2278,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/add-taskbar-date-time-clock-missing-windows-10\/","url_meta":{"origin":77146,"position":0},"title":"Date\/Time (Clock) Missing in Taskbar in Windows 10. How to Add it Back?","author":"Ramesh","date":"March 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Date\/Time or the tray clock is shown by default in the Notification area. 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