diff --git a/modules/home/waybar.nix b/modules/home/waybar.nix
index 1aeb3b3..bf26257 100644
--- a/modules/home/waybar.nix
+++ b/modules/home/waybar.nix
@@ -209,9 +209,11 @@ let
       # one click away.
       on-click = "nomarchy-calendar";
       tooltip = true;
-      # The zone line stays live under auto-timezone (the tz-watch SIGUSR2
-      # reload keeps it showing the currently *detected* zone).
-      tooltip-format = "{:%A, %d %B %Y}\n{:%Z (UTC%z)}";
+      # One chrono block only: waybar/fmt empties the tooltip when two
+      # bare `{:%…}` specs are concatenated (bar format works because it
+      # is a single block). Newline + zone live under auto-timezone
+      # (tz-watch SIGUSR2 reload).
+      tooltip-format = "{:%A, %d %B %Y\n%Z (UTC%z)}";
     };
 
     # Active keyboard layout (per focused device) — only placed in
@@ -473,6 +475,15 @@ let
     #battery.warning { color: @warn; }
     #battery.critical { color: @bad; }
     #battery.charging { color: @good; }
+
+    /* Clock (and other) hover tooltips — explicit colors so an empty
+       looking box is never just “text same as background”. */
+    tooltip {
+      background: @surface;
+      border: ${toString t.ui.borderSize}px solid alpha(@accent, 0.4);
+      border-radius: ${toString t.ui.rounding}px;
+    }
+    tooltip label { color: @text; }
   '';
 in
 {
diff --git a/themes/boreal/waybar.jsonc b/themes/boreal/waybar.jsonc
index 47706b0..d38973f 100644
--- a/themes/boreal/waybar.jsonc
+++ b/themes/boreal/waybar.jsonc
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "format": "{:%H:%M  ·  %a %d %b}",
     "on-click": "nomarchy-calendar",
     "tooltip": true,
-    "tooltip-format": "{:%A, %d %B %Y}\n{:%Z (UTC%z)}"
+    "tooltip-format": "{:%A, %d %B %Y\n%Z (UTC%z)}"
   },
   "hyprland/workspaces": {
     "disable-scroll": true,
diff --git a/themes/executive-slate/waybar.jsonc b/themes/executive-slate/waybar.jsonc
index 11ac2cb..dfdd366 100644
--- a/themes/executive-slate/waybar.jsonc
+++ b/themes/executive-slate/waybar.jsonc
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     "format": "{:%H:%M  ·  %a %d %b}",
     "on-click": "nomarchy-calendar",
     "tooltip": true,
-    "tooltip-format": "{:%A, %d %B %Y}\n{:%Z (UTC%z)}"
+    "tooltip-format": "{:%A, %d %B %Y\n%Z (UTC%z)}"
   },
   "custom/recording": {
     "return-type": "json",
diff --git a/themes/summer-day/waybar.css b/themes/summer-day/waybar.css
index 6aaa952..caca7ae 100755
--- a/themes/summer-day/waybar.css
+++ b/themes/summer-day/waybar.css
@@ -152,3 +152,10 @@ window#waybar {
 #custom-nightlight,
 #custom-vpn,
 #custom-notification { font-size: 17px; }
+
+tooltip {
+  background: @bg0;
+  border: 1px solid @grey1;
+  border-radius: 8px;
+}
+tooltip label { color: @fg; }
diff --git a/themes/summer-day/waybar.jsonc b/themes/summer-day/waybar.jsonc
index 75a3a7a..f52401f 100644
--- a/themes/summer-day/waybar.jsonc
+++ b/themes/summer-day/waybar.jsonc
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
     "format": " {:%H:%M  ·  %a %d %b}",
     "on-click": "nomarchy-calendar",
     "tooltip": true,
-    "tooltip-format": "{:%A, %d %B %Y}\n{:%Z (UTC%z)}"
+    "tooltip-format": "{:%A, %d %B %Y\n%Z (UTC%z)}"
   },
   "tray": {
     "spacing": 8
diff --git a/themes/summer-night/waybar.css b/themes/summer-night/waybar.css
index 8627b52..9d1df57 100644
--- a/themes/summer-night/waybar.css
+++ b/themes/summer-night/waybar.css
@@ -160,3 +160,10 @@ window#waybar {
 #custom-nightlight,
 #custom-vpn,
 #custom-notification { font-size: 17px; }
+
+tooltip {
+  background: @bg0;
+  border: 1px solid @grey1;
+  border-radius: 8px;
+}
+tooltip label { color: @fg; }
diff --git a/themes/summer-night/waybar.jsonc b/themes/summer-night/waybar.jsonc
index cd955dc..d1d1ff3 100644
--- a/themes/summer-night/waybar.jsonc
+++ b/themes/summer-night/waybar.jsonc
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     "format": " {:%H:%M  ·  %a %d %b}",
     "on-click": "nomarchy-calendar",
     "tooltip": true,
-    "tooltip-format": "{:%A, %d %B %Y}\n{:%Z (UTC%z)}"
+    "tooltip-format": "{:%A, %d %B %Y\n%Z (UTC%z)}"
   },
   "tray": {
     "spacing": 8