java.text **Package**
    DateFormat **Class**
        getDateInstance() **Method**

public static final DateFormat getDateInstance()

// Java Program to Illustrate getDateInstance() Method
//  of DateFormat Class
 
// Importing required classes
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
 
// Main class
public class GFG {
 
    // Main driver method
    public static void main(String[] argv)
    {
        // Initializing the first formatter
        // using getDateInstance() method
        DateFormat DFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance();
 
        System.out.println("Object: " + DFormat);
 
        // Formatting the string
        String str = DFormat.format(new Date());
 
        // Printing the string date on console
        System.out.println(str);
    }
}

Object: java.text.SimpleDateFormat@ce9bf0a5
Mar 27, 2019

// Java Program to Illustrate getDateInstance() Method
// of DateFormat Class
 
// Importing required classes
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
 
// Main class
public class GFG {
 
    // Main driver method
    public static void main(String[] args)
        throws InterruptedException
    {
 
        // Initializing SimpleDateFormat by
        // creating object of SimpleDateFormat class
        SimpleDateFormat SDFormat
            = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
 
        // Printing the formats
        Date date = new Date();
        String str_Date1 = SDFormat.format(date);
 
        // Displaying  the original date
        System.out.println("The Original: " + (str_Date1));
 
        // Initializing the Date formatter
        DateFormat DFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance();
        System.out.println("Object: " + DFormat);
 
        // Formatting the string
        String str = DFormat.format(new Date());
 
        // Printing the string date on console
        System.out.println(str);
    }
}

The Original: 01/11/2022
Object: java.text.SimpleDateFormat@ad508834
Jan 11, 2022