Windows 7 system tray date display not appearing

"Make sure you have not changed your taskbar to use small icons only. This removes the date from the taskbar and only shows the time.

Right Click Taskbar
Properties
Use small icons"

"Wow, I figured it out...

So, by default in Windows 7 US editions, short dates in the taskbar are displayed as MM/DD/YYYY.
This works OK until 10/1/2013, when the taskbar does not have enough room anymore (the month was only one digit before with 9) at which point the date disappears!

To fix this, you can set the short date to a format like MM/DD/YY with these instructions:
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/4194/windows-7-customize-how-the-date-is-displayed-in-the-system-tray/"

"It's a fault with Windows, you need to adjust your date format.

For example ddd d/M/yy will not work on my PC for Wed 12/10/11 which is today when I went looking for a solution.

I just now changed my date format to ddd d/MM/yyyy so it now displays as Wed 12-Oct-2011 and that solved the problem."

"No. The issue is most likely that you turned on use small icons in your taskbar properties.

Right click on blank area in your taskbar and select properties from the taskbar.
The Taskbar tab will display as default.
Ensure the Use small icons checkbox is unchecked."

"You can use small icons, you just have to make sure that the taskbar is wide enough. If you are using large icons it still might not show up if you have a wide date (like 12/12/2012).

Make sure the taskbar is not locked.
Put your cursor on the edge until the arrows show up.
Drag the taskbar and make it wider."