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    • LolonoisL
      Lolonois @pythonli
      last edited by

      The batocera "fork" of emulationstation does implement a display time feature. It is hardwired to be displayed in the lower right corner if enabled.

      However, I am not aware of previous pro/cons discussions of implementing it in the retropie's emulationstation.

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      • cellyC
        celly @pythonli
        last edited by celly

        @pythonli the pi doesn’t have a RTC unless you add one anyway, makes me wonder though if implementing that could happen eventually.

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        • IanDaemonI
          IanDaemon
          last edited by

          An RTC (real time clock) would require a persistent Internet connection on the Pi which doesn't work with many setups.

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator @IanDaemon
            last edited by

            @iandaemon said in Display current date and time inside of theme.:

            An RTC (real time clock) would require a persistent Internet connection

            Not really, just like a PC, you can add a dedicated RTC to the GPIO header, one like this.

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            • IanDaemonI
              IanDaemon @mitu
              last edited by IanDaemon

              @mitu You're right. If you add an RTC to your Pi you could get away without a persistent Internet connection. I guess my post was confusing. (Without an RTC would require an Internet connection each time the Pi is turned on.) I apologize for confusing the issue.

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              • cellyC
                celly @IanDaemon
                last edited by

                @iandaemon I’m guessing getting it to work within EmulationStation would be the hardest part.

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                  h2805270
                  last edited by

                  Why don't you just use the "X GAMES AVAILABLE" text instead (as a workaround if you want to make it for the ES so badly)?

                  I think Pegasus is currently the only theme where the date can be shown (as evidenced in SwitchOS):

                  pegasus_switchos.png

                  If you want to make a 2nd edition for Pegasus, that would also be cool.

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                    h2805270
                    last edited by

                    I just found out the Batocera fork of EmulationStation has a built-in clock (bottom-right):

                    bato2.png

                    Knock yourself out:

                    https://github.com/batocera-linux/batocera-emulationstation

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                    • LolonoisL
                      Lolonois @h2805270
                      last edited by

                      @h2805270 welcome to this thread. FWIW I noted this 10+ days before.

                      Nice display, thanks anyway.

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                        h2805270 @IanDaemon
                        last edited by h2805270

                        @iandaemon
                        I just found out someone posted an Alimentation Schematic/PCIB plan for it online for a USB version of it, but nobody bothered to make one yet for some reason:

                        https://easyeda.com/rodyne/USB_RTC-dfce249ec7af4d7380d69c51a7e2cfec

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