diff --git a/README b/README
index 5e1450b..c038eaf 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -265,8 +265,11 @@ vicious.widgets.weather
     {windkmh}, {sky}, {weather}, {tempf}, {tempc}, {humid}, {press}
 
 vicious.widgets.date
-  - provides access to os.date, with optional custom formatting;
-    provided as the format string
+  - provides access to os.date, with optional time formatting provided
+    as the format string - using regular date sequences
+  - takes optional time offset, in seconds, as an argument for example
+    to calculate time zone differences, otherwise current time is
+    formatted
   - returns the output of os.date(), formatted by provided sequences
 
 
diff --git a/widgets/date.lua b/widgets/date.lua
index 68a803d..d3c6ce9 100644
--- a/widgets/date.lua
+++ b/widgets/date.lua
@@ -5,18 +5,21 @@
 ---------------------------------------------------
 
 -- {{{ Grab environment
-local os = { date = os.date }
 local setmetatable = setmetatable
+local os = {
+    date = os.date,
+    time = os.time
+}
 -- }}}
 
 
--- Date: provides access to os.date with optional custom formatting
+-- Date: provides access to os.date with optional time formatting
 module("vicious.widgets.date")
 
 
 -- {{{ Date widget type
-local function worker(format)
-    return os.date(format or nil)
+local function worker(format, warg)
+    return os.date(format or nil, warg and os.time()+warg or nil)
 end
 -- }}}