Find the current date format in Java

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import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Locale;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    SimpleDateFormat df = (SimpleDateFormat) DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT);
    System.out.println("The short date format is  " + df.toPattern());
    Locale loc = Locale.ITALY;
    df = (SimpleDateFormat) DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, loc);
    System.out.println("The short date format is  " + df.toPattern());
  }
}