diff --git a/config/herbstluftwm/panel.sh b/config/herbstluftwm/panel.sh
index ae48399..a5e9700 100755
--- a/config/herbstluftwm/panel.sh
+++ b/config/herbstluftwm/panel.sh
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ hc pad $monitor $panel_height
     while true ; do
         # "date" output is checked once a second, but an event is only
         # generated if the output changed compared to the previous run.
-        date +$'date\t^fg(#efefef)%H:%M^fg(#909090), %Y-%m-^fg(#efefef)%d'
+        date +$'date\t^fg(#efefef)%H:%M^fg(#909090), ^fg(#efefef)%a %Y-%m-^fg(#efefef)%d'
         sleep 1 || break
     done > >(uniq_linebuffered) &
     timeloop=$!