I don't know whether this was ever successfully fixed, but it is now tracked in bug 793450.
** No longer affects: ayatana-design -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-datetime in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/649800 Title: datetime indicator won't show today's date if you've ever clicked on any others Status in The Date and Time Indicator: Fix Released Status in Unity Foundations: Fix Released Status in “indicator-datetime” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “indicator-datetime” source package in Natty: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: indicator-datetime If you click on the date/time indicator and scroll through to any other month or day, it remains where you left it even after you click elsewhere and then back to re-open it. This means that if I browse January 1970, I can never learn from this tool what today's date is, as it will always show January 1970. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: indicator-datetime 0.0.6-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Sep 28 14:09:17 2010 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ProcEnviron: LC_COLLATE=C PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: indicator-datetime To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-datetime/+bug/649800/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp