Add custom clock to work around missing module

This is caused by Alexays/Waybar#668 and the Debian package maintainer's decision to drop the clock module from waybar because it can't *yet* be compiled without a specific dependency... even though it's had that dependency all along.
aarongable · Dec 15, 2021 · 7bb5f8d · 7bb5f8d
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diff --git a/sway/waybar.css b/sway/waybar.css
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ window#waybar {
 }
 
 #clock,
+#custom-clock,
 #battery,
 #cpu,
 #memory,

diff --git a/sway/waybar.json b/sway/waybar.json
@@ -4,13 +4,17 @@
     "height": 24, // Waybar height (to be removed for auto height)
     "modules-left": ["idle_inhibitor", "sway/workspaces"],
     "modules-center": ["sway/window"],
-    "modules-right": ["pulseaudio", "pulseaudio#mic", "network", "battery", "clock"],
+    "modules-right": ["pulseaudio", "pulseaudio#mic", "network", "battery", "custom/clock"],
     "clock": {
         "interval": 10,
         "format": "{:%a %b %d %Y %H:%M}",
         "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles",
         "tooltip-format": "<big>{:%B %Y}</big>\n<tt><small>{calendar}</small></tt>"
     },
+    "custom/clock": {
+        "exec": "date +'%a %b %d %Y %H:%M'",
+        "interval": 10
+    },
     "battery": {
         "states": {
             "good": 95,
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     }
     #clock,
+    #custom-clock,
     #battery,
     #cpu,
     #memory,
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