Weird LCD issue

I thought that that LCD pin configuration is too good to be true but, if you are getting anything at all, I guess it has to be kosher.

The code you are using is very much the same as I use for all my clocks. That below sends time to serial as well as LCD and might have what you want.

//Arduino 1.0+ Only
//Arduino 1.0+ Only

#include <LiquidCrystal.h>
#include "Wire.h"
#define DS1307_ADDRESS 0x68

LiquidCrystal lcd(8,9,16,5,6,7);

void setup(){
  Wire.begin();
  Serial.begin(9600);
      lcd.begin(16, 2);
      lcd.clear();
  // Print a message to the LCD.
  lcd.print("It is");
}

void loop(){
  printDate();
  delay(1000);

}

byte bcdToDec(byte val)  {
// Convert binary coded decimal to normal decimal numbers
  return ( (val/16*10) + (val%16) );
}

void printDate(){

  // Reset the register pointer
  Wire.beginTransmission(DS1307_ADDRESS);

  byte zero = 0x00;
  Wire.write(zero);
  Wire.endTransmission();

  Wire.requestFrom(DS1307_ADDRESS, 7);

  int second = bcdToDec(Wire.read());
  int minute = bcdToDec(Wire.read());
  int hour = bcdToDec(Wire.read() & 0b111111); //24 hour time
  int weekDay = bcdToDec(Wire.read()); //0-6 -> sunday - Saturday
  int monthDay = bcdToDec(Wire.read());
  int month = bcdToDec(Wire.read());
  int year = bcdToDec(Wire.read());


 lcd.setCursor(2, 1);
    switch (weekDay)                      // Friendly printout the weekday
  {
    case 1:
      lcd.print("MON  ");
      Serial.print("MON  ");
      break;
    case 2:
      lcd.print("TUE  ");
      Serial.print("TUE  ");
      break;
    case 3:
      lcd.print("WED  ");
      Serial.print("WED  ");
      break;
    case 4:
      lcd.print("THU  ");
      Serial.print("THU  ");
      break;
    case 5:
      lcd.print("FRI  ");
      Serial.print("FRI  ");
      break;
    case 6:
      lcd.print("SAT  ");
      Serial.print("SAT  ");
      break;
    case 7:
      lcd.print("SUN  ");
       Serial.print("SUN  ");
      break;
  }

  Serial.print(monthDay);
  Serial.print("/");
  Serial.print(month);
  Serial.print("/");
  Serial.print(year);
  Serial.print(" ");
  Serial.print(hour);
  Serial.print(":");
  Serial.print(minute);
  Serial.print(":");
  Serial.println(second);
 
   lcd.setCursor(8,1);
  
  lcd.print(monthDay);
  lcd.print("/");
  lcd.print(month);
  lcd.print("/");
  lcd.print(year);

  lcd.setCursor(8,0);
  lcd.print(hour);
  lcd.print(":");
  lcd.print(minute);
  lcd.print(":");
  lcd.print(second);
  lcd.println("   ");
  
}