title: Looking for a way to retrieve date in velocity template
body: <p>I'm trying to get the System date in a velocity template, but 
      ModifiedDateTime="$date"
  results in 
      ModifiedDateTime="$date" instead of ModifiedDateTime="Jan 11, 2011 9:54:50 AM"</p>
  
  <p>All of my other variables and calls work as supposed to, but this is my first Velocity template and everything I can find points at $date.</p>