Date601

For a long time I have found the Apple Watch today's date complication a little lacking. I fonud the absence of the year irksome. I finally decided to do something about it and this is the result. Can you tell I'm a fan of the ISO 8601 date format?

The App

At first the app simply shows today's date in ISO 8601 format. Tap the icon to show some additional options:

  • Toggle the date separator: Separate the components of today's date with a dash or omit it and concatenate them all together.
  • Toggle the weekday: Be an ISO 8601 purist and keep only the date or show the weekday under the date.
  • Stylised typography: Use the system default rounded font for the date and weekday or style things up with condensed or expanded system fonts.

The Widgets

Date601 supports all the watchOS widget families as of watchOS 11. All with the same choices of the app of separated/concatenated date, with or without the weekday, and– wherever possible– stylised typography.

This is a small utility I made to scratch my own itch. Being a developer makes me feel very empowered to be able to do something like this. I hope you find as much utility in using Date601 as I do.

PS: As insignificant as this may seem, I still want to proclaim that no AI was used in the making of this app.