May be missing permissions to gain access to calendar. Check system settings--->apps--->chronus and see all permissions.
thanks but how do you get those in the widget, sorry if that's a noob question but all i got here are the options for "clock style" with android 4-8, what am i missing?
Are you talking about widgets? Android itself never showed year unless enabled by a mod or a custom ROM. I presume it is because it takes up space and most people don't need to be reminded what year it is. It doesn't change for 365 days, android shows things that change regularly like time, notifications, data, wifi, Bluetooth, etc. Some apps let you choose how date is displayed in app and widgets, but a lot of them now emulate widgets on popular devices, platform, or stock Google staying as close to stock as possible but with adding some more useful options that aren't in stock widgets
Thanks for the clarification, having mainly used Android 4-6 I thought the year was also displayed but maybe it was only in the Samsung widget and in custom ROM.
So I've sent a message to support and got an automated reply where this issue is discussed. After fiddling with both Google Calendar and Chronus, I now have the birthdays back.
