diff -ru xfce4-datetime-plugin-0.2.old/datetime/datetime.c xfce4-datetime-plugin-0.2/datetime/datetime.c
--- xfce4-datetime-plugin-0.2.old/datetime/datetime.c	2003-10-13 08:00:42.000000000 -0400
+++ xfce4-datetime-plugin-0.2/datetime/datetime.c	2004-02-08 05:02:39.922245912 -0500
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
     gtk_widget_show_all(datetime->eventbox);
 
     datetime->cal = NULL;
-    datetime->timeout_id = g_timeout_add(15000, datetime_update, datetime);
+    datetime->timeout_id = g_timeout_add(1000, datetime_update, datetime);
     datetime->orientation = GTK_ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL;
 
     return datetime;