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 Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/465689 Title: Ubuntu Clock Won't Show Year To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-panel/+bug/465689/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs