diff --git a/.config/sway/config b/.config/sway/config
index 36921f0..82c6196 100644
--- a/.config/sway/config
+++ b/.config/sway/config
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ 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 %l:%M:%S %p'; do sleep 1; done
+    status_command statusbar
 
     colors {
         statusline #ffffff
diff --git a/bin/statusbar b/bin/statusbar
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..dd64c78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/statusbar
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+while true
+do
+    time=$(date +"%A %Y-%m-%d %I:%M %p")
+    time="$time $(date -u +"(%H:%M UTC)")"
+    printf "%s\n" "${time}"
+    sleep 10
+done