# Fixing Date and Time Visibility Problem on elementary OS Freya Beta

> Source: https://www.sumonselim.com/fixing-date-time-visibility-problem-elementary-os-freya
> Author: Muhammad Sumon Molla Selim
> Published: 2014-10-12
> Tag: Linux
> Summary: Date and time missing from the elementary OS Freya top bar (wingpanel)? Add LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8" to /etc/environment and restart.

**TL;DR:** If the date and time are missing from the wingpanel on elementary OS Freya Beta, the cause is an unset locale. Add the line `LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"` (or your own locale) to `/etc/environment` with `sudo nano /etc/environment`, save, and restart. The clock reappears. If you prefer a GUI, open the folder with `gksu pantheon-files` and edit the file there.

I am a hardcore **elementary OS** lover and now facing date and time problem on **Freya**. I was using **Luna** for a long time. But couldn’t wait more for the new version of elementary OS **Freya**and decided to move onto it. So installed Freya Beta 1 64 bit on my HP ProBook 4420s as my primary OS replacing Luna 32 bit.

**_The Problem:_** But I found that time and date is missing on the top bar (_wingpanel_).

![Date and time missing from wingpanel](https://www.sumonselim.com/images/articles/fixing-date-time-visibility-problem-elementary-os-freya/date-time-problem.webp)

**_The solution:_**

After googling, I found out that the solution is to add a single line of information on the _/etc/environment_ file.

I’m a terminal lover. So, I typed the following command on the terminal to edit the file. Remeber, you will need administration access to edit the file.

```bash
sudo nano /etc/environment
```

And the result was:

![/etc/environment file](https://www.sumonselim.com/images/articles/fixing-date-time-visibility-problem-elementary-os-freya/etc-environment-file.webp)

All I need to do was to add the following line on it and save it.

```bash
LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"
```

You can set your locale (e.g. _bn_BD.UTF-8_) too as a value.

After a restart the problem was fixed and date and time was visible on the wingpanel.

![Date and time visible on wingpanel after fix](https://www.sumonselim.com/images/articles/fixing-date-time-visibility-problem-elementary-os-freya/date-time-fixed.webp)

Alternatively if you are not comfortable editing on the terminal, run the following command on the terminal.

```bash
gksu pantheon-files
```

This command will open the _/etc/_ folder on the Files browser and then you can edit the _environment_ file using your default text editor.

If _gksu_ is not installed, you can install it by using the following command:

```bash
sudo apt-get install gksu
```

Basically **_`gksu`_** is a graphical front-end for **_sudo_** that allows graphical command to be run without the need to run an X terminal emulator and using **_su_** directly. It’s effectively just a GTK+ skin for the superuser commands.