pan class="sympad"><a href="../../../../reference/android/text/format/DateFormat.html#getDateFormat(android.content.Context)">getDateFormat</a></span>(<a href="../../../../reference/android/content/Context.html">Context</a> context)</nobr>
        
        <div class="jd-descrdiv">Returns a <code><a href="../../../../reference/java/text/DateFormat.html">DateFormat</a></code> object that can format the date
 in short form (such as 12/31/1999) according
 to the current locale and the user's date-order prefere