This Geeklet displays today's date in the format "Thu 19 November." By changing the characters at the end you can change the format.
Command: date '+%a %e %B'
Font: Futura
Colour: White
Size: 16
Some alternative format examples:
date
date "+DATE: %Y-%m-%d%nTIME: %H:%M:%S"
date +"%A %d %b"
Works well with this collection.
