code: public String printLocaleDate()
    {
      _date.setTime(_localTimeOfEpoch);
  
      // SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat();
      // System.out.println("" + sdf.toPattern());
  
      if (_dateFormat == null)
        _dateFormat = DateFormat.getInstance();
  
      return _dateFormat.format(_date);
    }
docs: /*
  XXX: buggy (Because cal is buggy), may have to implement the sdf