diff -r -u a/slstatus/components/battery.c b/slstatus/components/battery.c
--- a/slstatus/components/battery.c	2025-05-01 17:34:50.686576726 +0200
+++ b/slstatus/components/battery.c	2025-05-24 11:54:19.365389265 +0200
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@
 			char *state;
 			char *symbol;
 		} map[] = {
-			{ "Charging",    "+" },
-			{ "Discharging", "-" },
-			{ "Full",        "o" },
-			{ "Not charging", "o" },
+			{ "Charging",     "󰁾󱐋" },
+			{ "Discharging",  "󰁾"  },
+			{ "Full",         "󰁹󱐋" },
+			{ "Not charging", "󰁹"  },
 		};
 		size_t i;
 		char path[PATH_MAX], state[12];
diff -r -u a/slstatus/components/datetime.c b/slstatus/components/datetime.c
--- a/slstatus/components/datetime.c	2025-05-01 17:34:50.686576726 +0200
+++ b/slstatus/components/datetime.c	2025-05-24 11:33:30.573630300 +0200
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* See LICENSE file for copyright and license details. */
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <time.h>
+#include <locale.h>
 
 #include "../slstatus.h"
 #include "../util.h"
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@
 const char *
 datetime(const char *fmt)
 {
+    setlocale(LC_ALL,"fr_FR.utf8");
 	time_t t;
 
 	t = time(NULL);
diff -r -u a/slstatus/config.def.h b/slstatus/config.def.h
--- a/slstatus/config.def.h	2025-05-01 17:34:50.686576726 +0200
+++ b/slstatus/config.def.h	2025-05-24 14:38:22.311193608 +0200
@@ -66,5 +66,8 @@
  */
 static const struct arg args[] = {
 	/* function format          argument */
-	{ datetime, "%s",           "%F %T" },
+	{ battery_remaining, "%s", "BAT0"},
+	{ battery_state, " %s", "BAT0"},
+	{ battery_perc, " %s%%",  "BAT0"    },
+	{ datetime, " | %s",  "%a %d %b %T" },
 };