screen 0
{
    tags
    {
        tag Net { }
        tag Chat { }
        tag Media { }
        tag Code { }
        tag Doc { }
        tag Image { }
        tag Stuff { }
    }
    layouts
    {
        layout tile { image = "/usr/share/awesome/icons/layouts/tilew.png" }
        layout tileleft { image = "/usr/share/awesome/icons/layouts/tileleftw.png" }
        layout tilebottom { image = "/usr/share/awesome/icons/layouts/tilebottomw.png" }
        layout tiletop { image = "/usr/share/awesome/icons/layouts/tiletopw.png" }
        layout max { image = "/usr/share/awesome/icons/layouts/maxw.png" }
        layout spiral { image = "/usr/share/awesome/icons/layouts/spiralw.png" }
        layout dwindle { image = "/usr/share/awesome/icons/layouts/dwindlew.png" }
        layout floating { image = "/usr/share/awesome/icons/layouts/floatingw.png" }
    }
    statusbar mystatusbar
    {
        position = "top"
        
        textbox tb_date
        {
            fg = "#663399"
            text = ""
        }

        taglist mytaglist
        {
            mouse
            {
                button = "1"
                command = "tag_view"
            }
            mouse
            {
                button = "1"
                modkey = {"Mod4"}
                command = "client_tag"
            }
            mouse
            {
                button = "3"
                command = "tag_toggleview"
            }
            mouse
            {
                button = "3"
                modkey = {"Mod4"}
                command = "client_toggletag"
            }
            mouse
            {
                button = "4"
                command = "tag_viewnext"
            }
            mouse
            {
                button = "5"
                command = "tag_viewprev"
            }
        }
        layoutinfo mylayoutinfo
        {
            mouse
            {
                button = "1"
                command = "tag_setlayout"
                arg = "+1"
            }
            mouse
            {
                button = "4"
                command = "tag_setlayout"
                arg = "+1"
            }
            mouse
            {
                button = "3"
                command = "tag_setlayout"
                arg = "-1"
            }
            mouse
            {
                button = "5"
                command = "tag_setlayout"
                arg = "-1"
            }
        }
        tasklist mytasklist
        {
            mouse
            {
                button = "4"
                command = "client_focusnext"
            }
            mouse
            {
                button = "5"
                command = "client_focusprev"
            }
            mouse
            {
                modkey = {"Mod4"}
                button = "4"
                command = "client_swapnext"
            }
            mouse
            {
                modkey = {"Mod4"}
                button = "5"
                command = "client_swapprev"
            }
        }
    }
}

rules
{
    rule { name = "Firefox" float = max }
    rule { name = "Gimp" float = true }
    rule { name = "MPlayer" float = true }
    rule { name = "Acroread" float = true }
    rule { name = "pinentry" float = true }
}

mouse
{
    root
    {
        button = "3"
        command = "spawn"
        arg = "exec mrxvt"
    }
    root
    {
        button = "4"
        command = "tag_viewnext"
    }
    root
    {
        button = "5"
        command = "tag_viewprev"
    }
    client
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4"}
        button = "1"
        command = "client_movemouse"
    }
    client
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4"}
        button = "2"
        command = "client_zoom"
    }
    client
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4"}
        button = "3"
        command = "client_resizemouse"
    }
}

keys
{
    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4"}
        key = "Return"
        command = "spawn"
        arg = "exec mrxvt"
    }
    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4"}
        key = "space"
        command = "tag_setlayout"
        arg = "+1"
    }
    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4", "Shift"}
        key = "space"
        command = "tag_setlayout"
        arg = "-1"
    }
    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4"}
        key = "b"
        command = "statusbar_toggle"
    }
    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4"}
        key = "j"
        command = "client_focusnext"
    }
    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4"}
        key = "k"
        command = "client_focusprev"
    }
    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4"}
        key = "Tab"
        command = "focus_history"
        arg = "-1"
    }
    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4", "Shift"}
        key = "j"
        command = "client_swapnext"
    }
    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4", "Shift"}
        key = "k"
        command = "client_swapprev"
    }
    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4", "Control"}
        key = "j"
        command = "screen_focus"
        arg = "+1"
    }
    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4", "Control"}
        key = "k"
        command = "screen_focus"
        arg = "-1"
    }
    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4"}
        key = "h"
        command = "tag_setmwfact"
        arg = "-0.05"
    }
    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4"}
        key = "l"
        command = "tag_setmwfact"
        arg = "+0.05"
    }
    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4", "Shift"}
        key = "h"
        command = "tag_setnmaster"
        arg = "+1"
    }
    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4", "Shift"}
        key = "l"
        command = "tag_setnmaster"
        arg = "-1"
    }
    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4", "Control"}
        key = "h"
        command = "tag_setncol"
        arg = "+1"
    }
    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4", "Control"}
        key = "l"
        command = "tag_setncol"
        arg = "-1"
    }
    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4"}
        key = "Escape"
        command = "tag_prev_selected"
    }
    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4"}
        key = "Left"
        command = "tag_viewprev"
    }
    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4"}
        key = "Right"
        command = "tag_viewnext"
    }
    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4"}
        key = "m"
        command = "client_togglemax"
    }
    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4", "Control"}
        key = "Return"
        command = "client_zoom"
    }
    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4", "Control"}
        key = "space"
        command = "client_togglefloating"
    }
    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4"}
        key = "s"
        command = "client_togglescratch"
    }
    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4", "Control"}
        key = "s"
        command = "client_setscratch"
    }
    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4", "Shift"}
        key = "c"
        command = "client_kill"
    }
    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4", "Shift"}
        key = "q"
        command = "quit"
    }
    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4", "Control"}
        key = "r"
        command = "exec"
        arg = "awesome"
    }
    key
    {
       modkey = {"Mod4"}
       key = "0"
       command = "tag_view"
    }
    keylist
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4"}
        command = "tag_view"
        keylist = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 }
        arglist = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 }
    }
    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4", "Control"}
        key = "0"
        command = "tag_toggleview"
    }
    keylist
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4", "Control"}
        command = "tag_toggleview"
        keylist = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 }
        arglist = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 }
    }

    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4", "Shift"}
        key = "0"
        command = "client_tag"
    }
    keylist
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4", "Shift"}
        command = "client_tag"
        keylist = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 }
        arglist = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 }
    }

    key
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4", "Shift", "Control"}
        key = "0"
        command = "client_toggletag"
    }
    keylist
    {
        modkey = {"Mod4", "Shift", "Control"}
        command = "client_toggletag"
        keylist = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 }
        arglist = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 }
    }
}
# vim: filetype=conf

Script: clock.sh
****************

#!/bin/sh

while true
do
        if [ -S ~/.awesome_ctl.0 ]; then
                while true
                do
                        # echo "0 widget_tell clock text "   " `date +\"%a, %b %d %I:%M %p
\"`"
                        echo "-1 widget_tell clock "   " `date +\"%a, %b %d %I:%M %p\"`
"
                        echo "" # an empty line flushes data inside awesome
                        sleep 1
                done | awesome-client
        else
            sleep 1
        fi
done

My .xinitrc
***********

#!/bin/sh

#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
#

exec /home/ben/script/clock.sh
exec awesome