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  <div class="jd-tagdata jd-tagdescr"><p>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 preference.</p></div>
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