diff --git a/clipdate/clipdate.lua b/clipdate/clipdate.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..617d83d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clipdate/clipdate.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+-- Battery widget
+
+local awful = require("awful")
+local gears = require("gears")
+local wibox = require("wibox")
+
+local timer = gears.timer or timer
+local watch = awful.spawn and awful.spawn.with_line_callback
+
+------------------------------------------
+-- Private utility functions
+------------------------------------------
+
+------------------------------------------
+-- Battery widget interface
+------------------------------------------
+
+local clipdate_widget= {}
+
+function clipdate_widget:new(args)
+    return setmetatable({}, {__index = self}):init(args)
+end
+
+function clipdate_widget:init(args)
+    self.widget = wibox.widget.textbox()
+    self.widget.set_align("right")
+    self.tooltip = awful.tooltip({objects={self.widget}})
+
+    self.widget:buttons(awful.util.table.join(
+        awful.button({ }, 1, function() self:update() end),
+        awful.button({ }, 3, function() self:update() end)
+    ))
+
+    self.timer = timer({ timeout = 1 })
+    self.timer:connect_signal("timeout", function() self:update() end)
+    self.timer:start()
+    self:update()
+
+    awesome.connect_signal("exit", function()
+        awesome.kill(self.listener, 9)
+    end)
+
+    return self
+end
+
+function run(cmd)
+  local f = io.popen(cmd,'r')
+  local s = f:read('*a')
+  f:close()
+  return s
+end
+
+function getDate(cmd)
+  local clipboard = run(cmd)
+  local match = string.match(clipboard,'^%d%d%d%d%d%d%d%d%d%d%d%d%d$')
+  if ( match == nil ) then
+    return nil
+  else
+    local ms = tonumber(match)
+    local s = math.floor((ms+500)/1000)
+    return os.date("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",s)
+  end
+end
+
+function clipdate_widget:update()
+    local text = ""
+    local tooltip = ""
+
+    local s = getDate("xsel -o")
+    if ( s == nil ) then
+      s = getDate("xsel -o -b")
+    end
+    if ( s == nil ) then
+    else
+      text = "["..s.."]"
+      tooltip = s
+    end
+
+    self.widget:set_markup(text)
+    self.tooltip:set_text(tooltip)
+end
+
+return setmetatable(clipdate_widget, {
+    __call = clipdate_widget.new,
+})
diff --git a/clipdate/init.lua b/clipdate/init.lua
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..4425b40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clipdate/init.lua
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+clipdate.lua
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rc.lua b/rc.lua
index c5c6bfb..b67de73 100644
--- a/rc.lua
+++ b/rc.lua
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ require("debian.menu")
 local battery_widget = require("battery-widget")
 local battery = battery_widget({adapter = "BAT0",widget_text="${color_on}🔋${color_off}", limits={{10,"red"},{20,"orange"},{100,"white"}} })
 
+-- clipdate
+local clipdate_widget = require("clipdate")
+local clipdate = clipdate_widget()
+
 -- {{{ Error handling
 -- Check if awesome encountered an error during startup and fell back to
 -- another config (This code will only ever execute for the fallback config)
@@ -52,7 +56,7 @@ beautiful.init(awful.util.getdir("config") .. "themes/default/theme.lua")
 
 -- This is used later as the default terminal and editor to run.
 --terminal = "x-terminal-emulator"
-terminal = "lxterminal"
+terminal = "terminology"
 editor = os.getenv("EDITOR") or "editor"
 editor_cmd = terminal .. " -e " .. editor
 
@@ -243,6 +247,7 @@ awful.screen.connect_for_each_screen(function(s)
         { -- Right widgets
             layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
             --mykeyboardlayout,
+            clipdate.widget,
             wibox.widget.systray(),
             battery.widget,
             mytextclock --[[, XXX11