diff --git a/.config/sway/config b/.config/sway/config
index fe42c029..72b5c828 100644
--- a/.config/sway/config
+++ b/.config/sway/config
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ bar {
 
     # When the status_command prints a new line to stdout, swaybar updates.
     # The default just shows the current date and time.
-    status_command while date +'%Y-%m-%d %X'; do sleep 1; done
+    status_command while date +'%a, %b %d %X'; do sleep 1; done
 
     colors {
       background $bg