Anyone in the market for adding a subtle touch of satisfying functionality to their iPhone’sStatus Barshould be shifting their undivided attention toward the likes of a newly released and freejailbreak tweakdubbedTapTapTipTapTimeby iOS developerYulkyTulky.

While the name is a bit of a head-scratcher, don’t let that be the deterrent that prevents you from installing something you didn’t know you needed. TapTapTipTapTime basically lets you tap on the Status Bar’s time display to reveal the current date, and vice-versa.

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While the date and time are both easily seen from the Lock Screen and from the Home Screen’s nativeCalendarapp icon, that shouldn’t discount the fact that we spend most of our time in apps and in other interfaces where the date may not be as easily discernible. TapTapTipTapTime addresses this concern.

Here’s a brief animatedGIFshowcasing the tweak in action.

Simple and to the point indeed…

Once installed, TapTapTipTapTime adds a dedicated preference pane to the Settings app where you can configure a number of options to your liking:

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Here, you can:

Users can tap on the Apply button at the top right of the preference pane to save any changes they make.

If you’re always asking yourself what the date is, then I think you’re going to love the new TapTapTipTapTime tweak. Some might call it redundant, but I personally find the tweak’s implementation to be nothing less than convenient and ingenious. So much so, in fact, that I actually enjoy the satisfaction of using it.

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Those interested in trying TapTapTipTapTime candownload the tweak for free from YulkyTulky’s repositoryin any package manager. The tweak supportsjailbroken13 devices.

If you’re not already using YulkyTulky’s repository, then you’re able to add it to your preferred package manager by using the following URL:

Do you plan to install TapTapTipTapTime? Let us know your thoughts about the tweak below.