Center justify the text within the window geometry

[morgant]

I currently use the following ~/.mlclockrc file with my mlvwmrc configuration:

; mlclock setting file ( $HOME/.mlclockrc )

; see strftime .
; DON'T USE SPACE.

FORM1	= "%H:%M:%S"			; 23:22:33
FORM2	= "%Y-%m-%d"			; 1998-07-12

EVENT	= FOCUS; FOCUS or CLICK
NEAR	= 10				; the distance of change form event

LOCALE	= "C"				; locale name( Do you use it ? )
;FONTSET	= "-*-*-medium-r-normal--12-*"	; font set
FONTSET = "-adobe-*-*-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-p-*-*-*"

HEAD	= 1				; head space

; specify color name or color value as "#rrggbb#.

FONTCOLOR = "black"			; font color
BACKCOLOR = "white"			; backgorung color  
;FONTCOLOR = "#0000ff"
;BACKCOLOR = "white"

BOLD = FALSE ; Bold font ? ( TRUE or FALSE )

Unfortunately, because the time (shown by default) and date (shown on mouse hover) have different string lengths, mlclock uses a geometry large enough to contain the largest of the two (the date) and left-aligns both. That means that, when "swallowed" into the mlvwm menu bar, the time has extra white space after it. For example:

vs

The time & date should each be rendered with center justification in the mlclock geometry.