add current date in "text" widget

i agree with @vtxyzzy

additionally,
the current date would be something like:

<?php echo date('j F Y'); ?>

http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

you code would show the publish date of probably the last post in the main content (unpredictably depending on the location of your textwidget)

or alternatively use some javascript in the textwidget; for instance (http://www.mediacollege.com/internet/javascript/date-time/):

<script type="text/javascript"><!--
var date = new Date();
var d  = date.getDate();
var day = (d < 10) ? '0' + d : d;
var m = date.getMonth() + 1;
var month = (m < 10) ? '0' + m : m;
var yy = date.getYear();
var year = (yy < 1000) ? yy + 1900 : yy;

document.write(day + "/" + month + "/" + year);
 //--></script>

I would create a shortcode function that would return the date. That shortcode could be used in the content of a post or page, but to use it in a text widget, you will have to add the do_shortcode filter to the widget_text hook:

add_filter('widget_text','do_shortcode');