A simple Liferay Freemarker template that shows how the build-in datetime formatting works together with processing settings for locale and timezone

liferay-freemarker-datetime-tricks.ftl

<#setting time_zone=timeZone.ID>
<#setting locale=locale.toString()>
<#setting datetime_format="MMM d, HH':'mm">

<ul>
   <#list entries as entry>
      <li><li>${entry.title} - ${entry.modifiedDate?datetime}</li></li>
   </#list>
</ul>